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APUSH Chapter 14: Forging the National Economy
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13 Nov 2018
Instructions: Click on any event or time period to learn more. Key: Red - Conflict/Negative Blue - Neutral Green - Innovation/Positive
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SILK ROAD & SAMARKAND
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Events
American artist George Catlin proposes the idea of a national park
33 States in the U.S.
American population now doubling every 25 years
Know-Nothing Party is founded
Steam-powered machines replace human labor in England
Samuel Slater develops a machine to spin cotton thread
Eli Whitney builds the first cotton gin
Eli Whitney introduces muskets with interchangeable parts
Elias Howe invents the sewing machine
Free Incorporation Laws pass in New York
Samuel Morse creates first working electric telegraph
Child labor becomes prominent in factories
President Van Buren establishes the 10-hour work day
Commonwealth v. Hunt rules that labor unions are not illegal conspiracies
John Deere produces a steel plow
The McCormick Reaper is developed
Lancaster Turnpike is first used
The Clermont successfully carries its first passengers
Erie Canal is completed
The Granite Railway begins its operations
American naval yards begin producing clipper ships
The Pony Express is established
Periods
European immigration to America surges
"Black Forties"
Mass German immigration to America
War of 1812
American Manufacturing Suffers
Construction of the National Road
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