SECTIONAL ISSUES

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THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION America’s Industrial

Revolution will take hold in New England

Will change ways of life in ways that can’t be measured

3 basic changes From simple tools to

complex machines From natural power to

artificial sources From regional to

nationwide distribution of goods

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Textile production had been

a British monopoly Laws forbade the export of

machinery and emigration of skilled workers

The arrival of Samuel Slater in 1789 will change that

Slater had been a worker in a British factory

Blessed with a strong memory, he will redesign many of the machines that he worked with in England

Sets up his first mill in Rhode Island

WHY NEW ENGLAND? Several reasons

why the Industrial Revolution would come to New England Powerful streams

and riversCapital (as in

money)Huge labor forceShipping ability

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Both transportation and communication will become faster

Jobs become more specialized

New mechanical methods of spinning and weaving will develop

Eli Whitney and the cotton gin

Cotton cloth will become the cheapest form of textile

THE REGIONS At this point in

time, you have three basic sections of the United StatesNorth (by today’s

standards it would be the Northeast)

South (today’s Southeast)

West (everything else)

1820’S ISSUES As we move into the 1820’s, there are a

number of issues that effect the nation’s different sections

Each of the following issues can be very divisive; politicians will need to find compromise

If they can’t find compromise, they tend to ignore the problem

Clearly this is a bad idea

PUBLIC LAND POLICY The US govt. definitely wants to settle

the western territories, but they need to figure out the best way to do it

Low or high price? Quick or slow settlement? Squatter’s rights? Where people are from will dictate their

answers to these questions

PUBLIC LAND POLICY North- you want

high prices with slow settlement, no squatter’s rights

South- you want low prices with quick settlement, and no squatter’s rights

West- you want low prices with quick settlement, and squatter’s rights

PROTECTIVE TARIFFS High or low? North- you want them high; can only

help out your industrial growth South- you want them low; you don’t

have industry West- you want them high; you are

farming now, but internal improvements will change your economic system

Might be some shady deals going on with the North and the West

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS The biggest question: Who pays for

them, state or federal govts.? North- federal; this will lead to more

taxes South- states; why should all the states

have to pay for things that may not benefit them individually

West- federal; they don’t have that many states yet…

SLAVERY Should it be extended to new territories? Should it be closed off according to the

NW Ordinance? North- No, it should not be extended South- Yes, it should be extended West- ?- kind of depends on where you

are This is the most volatile of the issues,

and brings up the biggest conflicts

SLAVERY Issue gets thrust to the forefront of

politics in 1819 Missouri territory applies for admission

to the Union, specifically as a slave state

This had never been done before, and will cause a number of problems in Congress

Tallmadge Amendment- James Tallmadge (NY)- children born to slaves will be free

Gets shot down

SLAVERY At the same time MO

applies for admission, Maine will decide that they want to officially separate from MA

Maine will apply as a free state

Henry Clay will develop the Missouri Compromise

MO- slave state ME- Free state 36’30’’ will be the dividing

line- anything above will be free, below will be slave

MISSOURI COMPROMISE