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1838
1820 U.S. troops
The Missouri 1823 begin the forced
Compromise The Monroe 1828 removal of the
admits one free Doctrine warns Andrew Cherokee people 1840
state and one European pow- Jackson May 1830 from Georgia Samuel F. B.
slave state into ers away from is elected The Baltimore & Ohio along the Trail Morse patents
the Union. the Americas. president. Railroad opens. of Tears. the telegraph.
1820 1825 1830 1835 1840
1821 1825 1832 1833 1837
Mexico wins Bolivia, named for British Reform Slavery is out- Queen Victoria
independence South American Act gives lawed in the begins her reign in
from liberator Simón urban centers British Empire. the United Kingdom.
Spain. Bolívar, gains its more power.
independence.
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238 CHAPTER 7
A New American Culture Democracy in America, Tocqueville wrote of
the seemingly limitless energy of Americans.
The Monroe Doctrine was a bold statement. He keenly observed that
After all, the United States was still a very
HISTORY’S VOICES
young nation in 1823. Moreover, the population
of the country was a tiny fraction of what it
would become. There were fewer than 10 mil-
“ [Americans] all consider society as a body in a
state of improvement . . . in which nothing is, or
ought to be, permanent . . . America is a land of
lion Americans at the time. The overwhelming
wonders, in which everything is in constant motion
majority of them still lived in rural areas along
or near the East Coast. The largest city, New
and every change seems an improvement.
”
—Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
York, was home to only about 120,000 people.
The next largest cities, Philadelphia and Balti- Instead of imitating European cultures, ACADEMIC
more, were about half that size. But the young as they had done for generations, Americans VOCABULARY
country was growing rapidly. began doing things in a distinctly American generation the
way. A new American culture was emerging. average length of
A country “in constant motion” Amer- time between the
icans were hard at work building their new American art and literature The rise of birth of parents and
that of their
nation. As they went about their lives, they American culture was especially significant offspring
slowly developed their own unique culture. in the worlds of art and literature. Before the
Culture is the ways of life of a particular group 1800s, American artists and writers were paid
of people. It includes the group’s language, art, little respect, even by their fellow Americans.
music, clothing, food, and other aspects of daily That changed with the emergence of talented
life. The rise of a distinctly American culture Americans whose work honored American life.
during the early 1800s is important because In 1825 the painter Thomas Cole helped
the culture that developed then still influences establish the Hudson River school, a group of
the way Americans live today. artists whose landscapes both depicted and cel-
One of the most insightful observers of the ebrated the American countryside. The works
emerging American culture was the French of Cole and other American artists came to be
philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville. In his book admired in both America and Europe.
national interests were to be put above state
interests. You can read more about McCulloch
Nationalism Guides
v. Maryland at the end of this section. Foreign Policy
In 1824 the Marshall Court issued another American foreign policy in the early 1800s
ruling that enhanced the national government’s reflected the feelings of nationalism that
power over the states. This case involved the spread through the nation. Americans were
cutting-edge transportation technology of the proud of their victory in the War of 1812 and
day: steamboats. confident in the strength of their young but
Rival steamboat companies were operating growing country. They were determined to take
in New York. Aaron Ogden had received per- their place on the world stage.
mission from the State of New York to run his
business. Thomas Gibbons had a license from The Era of Good Feelings In 1816 voters
the national government to run his. Gibbons elected James Monroe to the presidency. As
sued Ogden, and the case of Gibbons v. Ogden president, Monroe would serve from 1817
went to the Supreme Court. to 1825. During his presidency, the economy
Marshall’s court ruled in favor of Gibbons, grew rapidly, and a spirit of nationalism and
who was licensed by the national government. optimism prevailed. One Boston newspaper
Thus, Marshall again declared that national called the time the “Era of Good Feelings.”
law was superior to state law. Marshall fur-
ther declared that the Constitution gives the Diplomatic successes The good feelings at
national government the sole right to regulate home were matched by successful diplomacy
interstate commerce, or trade between states. abroad. Monroe’s administration achieved a
In these two rulings, John Marshall’s Su- series of brilliant diplomatic successes that
preme Court established the power of the helped secure the territory and borders of the
national government over state governments. United States.
In matters of the Constitution, therefore, In 1818 the United States concluded the
nationalism had triumphed over sectionalism. Rush-Bagot Treaty with Britain. The treaty
provided for the nearly complete disarmament
The American System Perhaps the most of the eastern part of the border between the
nationalistic domestic policy of the early 1800s United States and British Canada. Monroe
was a plan championed by Henry Clay, the also convinced Britain to draw the western
speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. part of the border between the United States
His plan was called the American System. The and Canada along the 49th parallel. ACADEMIC
American System sought to implement several In 1819 Secretary of State John Quincy VOCABULARY
policies to unify the young country. These Adams reached an important agreement with implement to
policies included a tariff to protect American Spain. Under the Adams-Onís Treaty, the United execute or carry out
industries, the sale of government lands to States acquired Florida and established a firm
raise money for the national government, boundary between the Louisiana territory and
the maintenance of a national bank, and Spanish territory farther to the west.
government funding of internal improvements Thus Adams expanded the country to the
or public projects such as roads and canals. south and east and defined its borders to the
The American System was never imple- north and west. Further, Adams convinced
mented as a unified policy, although the national Spain and Russia to give up their claims to
government did establish tariffs and a bank. the disputed Oregon Country and negotiated a
But the fact that it was proposed and partially treaty with Britain that would allow American
put in practice demonstrates how nationalist settlers to travel to Oregon for 10 years.
feelings and a desire to tie the country together
were very much on the minds of Americans of The Monroe Doctrine Although the Mon-
the early 1800s. roe administration had achieved stunning dip-
lomatic successes, the United States still faced
READING CHECK Identifying the Main Idea a foreign policy problem. The problem arose in
What domestic policies in the early 1800s promoted Europe but concerned hemispheric neighbors
nationalism? in Central America and South America.
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Reviewing Ideas, Terms, and People b. Make Inferences What does the Missouri Compromise
1. a. Describe How did Alexis de Tocqueville describe the imply about Americans’ views toward slavery?
American people?
Critical Thinking
b. Compare What did Thomas Cole and Noah Webster have
5. Identifying Cause and Effect Copy the diagram below and
in common?
identify the effects of nationalism.
2. a. Identify Who was John Marshall?
b. Compare What did McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons Nationalism
v. Ogden have in common?
3. a. Recall What was the Adams-Onís Treaty? FOCUS ON WRITING
b. Analyze What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine? 6. Expository Write a paragraph explaining why Alexis de
4. a. Describe Why would adding only Missouri to the Union Tocqueville’s description of Americans does or does not
have created an imbalance in the Senate? describe Americans today. Give details that support your
position.
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THE INSIDE How should guests behave at the the carpets with muddy boots and climbed on the uphol-
STORY White House? Andrew Jackson won stered sofas and chairs. They broke china, smashed glass-
the presidency in 1828 as the candidate ware, and bloodied more than a few noses. Finally, harried
of the common man. Rough-hewn voters in the West and servants brought tubs of punch, ice cream, and lemonade
South, especially, thought of him as one of their own. So outside, as people climbed through open windows to escape
when the new president threw open the doors of the White the riotous scene. The new president himself fled to the
House to anyone who wanted to attend his inaugural safety of a hotel.
reception in 1829, thousands showed up to get a glimpse Jackson’s opponents denounced the day as “the reign
of their hero—and of the White House. of King Mob.” One of Jackson’s colleagues, however, was
An estimated 20,000 well-wishers pushed and shoved more forgiving. He called it “a proud day for the people.”
their way into the White House staterooms. They trampled
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for example, learned English, built towns, and The Indian Removal Act President Jack-
established a written constitution. A Cherokee son concluded that the best action was to relo-
named Sequoya created a writing system for cate the nations so that the southeast would
the Cherokee language. be open to white settlement. In 1830 Congress
Although some white Americans respected passed, and Jackson signed into law, the Indian
these peoples, many viewed them as inferior. Removal Act, which called for the relocation of
Above all else, though, farmland was becoming the five nations to an area west of the Missis-
scarce in the East, and white settlers coveted sippi River called Indian Territory—land in
the Indians’ lands. what is now present-day Oklahoma.
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the interests of wealthy northern corporations.
Jackson so despised the bank that he called it
Conflict over States’ Rights
a “monster,” adding, “I will kill it.” The controversy over the Second Bank of the
In the summer of 1832 Henry Clay and United States was largely a dispute over how
Daniel Webster, National Republicans who power should be divided between the federal
opposed Jackson, introduced a bill to renew the government and state governments. Those
Bank’s charter. The timing of the bill, during who favored giving more power to the states
an election year, was deliberate. They hoped invoked the concept of states’ rights, based on
that Jackson’s opposition to the bill would hurt the Tenth Amendment’s provision that powers
his chances of reelection. Jackson promptly “not delegated to the United States by the Con-
vetoed the bill. In the election of 1832, Clay stitution, nor prohibited by it to the States” are
challenged Jackson for the presidency, and the reserved to the states.
controversy over the Bank became a major
campaign issue.
The tariff controversy In 1816 Congress
passed a tariff on British manufactured goods.
Nevertheless, Jackson won re-election,
It raised the tariff in 1824 and 1828. The tariff
defeating Clay in a landslide. At the beginning
was welcomed by industry leaders of the north-
of his second term, Jackson ordered his secre-
ern states. Because the tariff increased the
tary of the Treasury to take the money out of
price of British goods, it encouraged Americans
the Bank and deposit it in select state banks.
to buy American goods.
Critics called these banks “pet banks” because
The agricultural southern states despised
they were loyal to Jackson.
the tariff. It forced southerners to buy north-
Nicholas Biddle, the president of the Second
ern goods instead of the less expensive Brit-
Bank of the United States, opposed the pet-
ish goods they were accustomed to. Moreover,
bank initiative, but there was little he could do.
southern cotton growers, who exported most of
In 1836 the Second Bank of the United States
their crop to Britain, opposed interference with
was reduced to just another state bank.
international trade.
READING CHECK Identifying Points of The controversy over the tariff helped drive
View Why did Jackson oppose the Second Bank of the a wedge between Jackson and his vice presi-
United States? dent, John C. Calhoun. Calhoun, a southerner,
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Reviewing Ideas, Terms, and People c. Evaluate What are arguments for and against the
1. a. Recall How did the Battle of New Orleans help Andrew nullification theory?
Jackson’s political career?
Critical Thinking
b. Analyze How did the “corrupt bargain” lead to the
creation of a new political party? 5. Comparing and Contrasting Copy the diagram and
2. a. Identify What were the “five civilized tribes”? compare and contrast the controversies over the Second
b. Draw Conclusions What does the passage of the Indian National Bank and the Tariff of Abominations.
Removal Act indicate about American attitudes toward
Similarities Differences
Native Americans?
c. Elaborate What do you think modern Americans should
learn from the Trail of Tears?
3. a. Recall Why did Jackson want to destroy the Second Bank
of the United States?
FOCUS ON WRITING
b. Draw Conclusions What are two reasons that Nicholas
Biddle might have had for trying to save the national bank? 6. Persuasive Write an editorial in which you make the case for
4. a. Define What is a tariff? or against the concept of nullification. Support your argument
b. Contrast How did the northern and southern views of the with examples from the section.
American tariff on British manufactured goods differ?
250 CHAPTER 7
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THE INSIDE How did a young Englishman In 1789 when he was 21, Slater was ready to use his
STORY launch America’s Industrial skills in America. But the textile industry was so important
Revolution? The man history remem- to England’s economy that English law made it illegal for
bers as the father of the American Industrial Revolution the secrets of mill design, and those who knew them, to
got his first job in the British textile industry when he was leave the country. So Slater dressed as a farm laborer and
14 years old. Born in England, Samuel Slater grew up in a secretly boarded a ship for New York, carrying in his head
region called Derbyshire, where the world’s first water- the precious, forbidden knowledge.
powered textile mills were used. In 1782 Slater went to Slater soon went to meet Moses Brown, who was
work in one of those mills. He soon learned how to manage trying to use English-style machines in his Rhode Island mill.
a mill and mastered the workings of the textile machines. Within a year they had built a successful water-powered
textile mill along the Blackstone River at Pawtucket, Rhode
Island. Slater’s daring escape to America gave him a central
and the
Industrial Revolution
The Blackstone River powered America’s
first successful textile mill.
251
The Industrial Revolution far more important than steam power. But the
steam engine became more and more important
Samuel Slater’s trip to America was an impor- during the 1800s.
tant event in one of the most dramatic changes The steam engine was invented in England
in all of history. This change was so far-reach- in 1698. But it didn’t come into its own until
ing that historians considered it a revolution. the late 1700s. That’s when Scottish inventor
The Industrial Revolution was the birth of mod- James Watt radically improved the existing
ern industry and the social changes that accom- engine, making it much more efficient and
panied it. The Industrial Revolution occurred reliable. It was Watt’s steam-engine design that
over a period of several decades from the mid- powered the Industrial Revolution in Britain,
dle of the 1700s to the middle of the 1800s. and, not long after, in the United States.
The Industrial Revolution began in Great
Britain’s textile industry. There, for centuries, READING CHECK Sequencing What events
cloth had been made in workers’ homes, using led to the birth of the Industrial Revolution in the Brit-
simple, human-powered machines. Plant fibers ish textile industry?
were spun into thread on spinning wheels. The
thread was woven into cloth on looms.
Then in the late 1700s, a series of inven- The North Industrializes
tions radically transformed the industry. These To keep their economic advantage, the Brit-
inventions mechanized both spinning and ish made it illegal for anyone with knowledge
weaving. British inventors created machines of industrial machines to leave the country or
ACADEMIC that used power from running water and steam for anyone to export any industrial machines.
VOCABULARY engines to spin and weave cloth. Samuel Slater violated these laws when he
violate to break These powered spinning and weaving brought knowledge of the new industrial
or disregard, as in a machines revolutionized the British textile machines to America. Slater and Moses Brown,
law
industry. By 1800 textile companies had built a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, merchant, built a
hundreds of mills to house the new, large water-powered spinning mill on the Blackstone
machines and produced volumes of cloth that River. Their mill was the first successful textile
could only have been dreamed of a few decades mill in the country, and its construction marks
earlier. What was once a human-powered the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in
industry based in workers’ homes was now a the United States.
machine-powered industry based in huge mills.
The Industrial Revolution had begun. Lowell The Industrial Revolution spread
A key development of the Industrial rapidly from Pawtucket throughout New Eng-
Revolution was the replacement of human land. By 1810 there were more than 60 mills
power with machine power. At the beginning spinning thread in New England. In 1813 in
of the Industrial Revolution, water power was Waltham, Massachusetts, the first factory to
TIME LINE
1793 Eli Whitney
Industrial Revolution invents the cotton gin,
a machine for cleaning
cotton. This revolution-
ized cotton production.
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bring all processes of cloth production under The revolution spreads Throughout the
one roof was built. But it was Lowell that early and middle 1800s, industrialization
became the center of textile production. spread slowly from the textile industry to other
The city was named for Francis Lowell, a industries in the North. In the 1830s steam
wealthy Boston textile merchant. Workers engines became better and more widely avail-
began building mills and other buildings in able, and their power helped make industry
Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1822. Within two the fastest-growing part of the U.S. economy.
years, the mills at Lowell were turning out great Industrialization in the North led to
amounts of cotton cloth—and earning great urbanization. People left the farm and moved
profits. The city continued to grow as more and to cities where they could work in the mills and
more textile firms opened mills there. Lowell factories. In 1820 only 7 percent of Americans
soon had 40 mill buildings and 10,000 looms. lived in cities. Within 30 years, that percentage
People came from other countries to visit this more than doubled.
wonder of American industry. The North underwent dramatic and rapid
The majority of the workers in the Lowell changes. Within a few decades, it evolved from
mills were young women. Most of them had a region of small towns and farms into one
been recruited from local farms. They made including large cities and factories—all as a
relatively good wages for the time period, but result of the Industrial Revolution.
they worked hard for it—often as long as 14
hours a day, 6 days a week. READING CHECK Making Generalizations
The women’s lives were strictly regulated What part of the United States was most affected by
by the ringing of bells. One worker described the Industrial Revolution?
it this way:
HISTORY’S VOICES
Transportation and
“ Up before day, at the clang of the bell—and
out of the mill by the clang of the bell—into the Communication
mill, and at work, to the obedience of the ding-
dong bell—just as though we were so many living The development of American industry in
machines.
” —Anonymous story in the Lowell Offering,
the early 1800s went hand in hand with the
development of transportation networks. Busi-
a literary magazine by and for the mill girls nesses needed ways to transport raw materials
to their growing number of factories and mills
These hard-working young women came
and to ship their finished goods to market.
to be known as the Lowell girls. Despite their
long hours, they developed a lively society in Roads and canals In 1811 construction
the boardinghouses in which they lived, form- began on the National Road. When the road was
ing friendships and clubs. completed in 1841, it stretched 800 miles west
Skills
c. 1830 The Lowell, FOCUS ANALYZING THE TIME LINE
Massachusetts, textile mills
What was a common feature of the advances
keep working thanks to the
made during the Industrial Revolution?
innovation of employing
See Skills Handbook, p. H14
farm girls.
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canal linked the eastern part of the country with the
western part, when the canal was entirely in New York
State?
See Skills Handbook, p. H18
from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illi- manufactured goods to the West and farm
nois. Most roads were not so ambitious. They products to the East. The cost of shipping by
were much shorter and crudely made. Still, by canal barge was one-fifth of the cost of shipping
1840 a network of roads connected most of the by wagon, and shipping time was cut in half.
cities and towns throughout the United States, The Erie Canal also led to the establish-
promoting travel and trade. ment of New York City as a great trading city.
In 1825 the 363-mile-long Erie Canal opened, Located where the Hudson River meets the
connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson Atlantic Ocean, New York was at the perfect
River—and with the Atlantic Ocean. The canal geographic location to serve as a gateway
provided a quick and economical way to ship between domestic and foreign trade.
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The success of the Erie Canal set off a canal Advances in communication Advances
craze in the United States. Within 15 years, in communication rivaled advances in trans-
more than 3,000 miles of canals formed a dense portation during the early 1800s. In 1811 a
network in the northeast. German printer used steam to power a print-
ing press. Steam-powered presses were soon
The steamboat The first successful steam- built in the United States, enabling publish-
boat service was run by Robert Fulton. In 1807 ers to print material much faster and in much
Fulton began operating a regular passenger greater volumes than ever before. Another
service on the Hudson River with his boat, important advance in communications
The North River Steamboat of Clermont, involved the postal service. With the growing
usually called the Clermont. The success of use of steamboats and the railroad, mail deliv-
the Clermont inspired others to build and ery was faster and more widely available. In
operate steamboats. Within a decade, dozens 1800 there were fewer than 1,000 post offices.
of steamboats were puffing up and down the By 1840 there were more than 12,000.
Ohio, the Mississippi, and other rivers. The greatest advancement in communica- THE IMPACT
tion was the brainchild of Samuel F. B. Morse. In TODAY
The railroad The first steam-powered train 1840 he patented the first practical telegraph. Science and
ran in the United States made its first trip in
A telegraph is a device that sends messages Technology
1830. It was not a long trip, since there were
using electricity through wires. Communi- The telegraph has
only 23 miles of track in the entire country at been replaced in
cation by telegraph was instantaneous, and
the time. In 1831 the first scheduled passenger most developed
newspapers, railroads, and other businesses countries by
train service began in Charleston, South Caro-
were quick to grasp its advantages. digital information
lina. By 1835 states had issued more than 200
Telegraph wires would soon crisscross the transmission that
contracts to build railroad lines. By 1840 there uses computer
nation, adding a network of rapid communica-
were about 3,000 miles of track in the country. technology.
tion on top of an already advanced network of
The speed, power, reliability, and carrying Messages that
transportation. Thus, the Industrial Revolution once were sent
capacity of the railroad quickly made it a pre-
was accompanied by a transportation revolu- by telegraph
ferred means of travel and transport. The Iron are now sent via
tion and a communications revolution.
Horse soon became the most important compo- the Internet.
nent of the American transportation network. READING CHECK Summarizing What key
Its success led to a general decline in roads and advancements in transportation and communication
brought about the end of the canal craze. were made in the early 1800s?
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Reviewing Ideas, Terms, and People c. Evaluate What do you think was more important in the
1. a. Describe Describe the birth of the Industrial Revolution development of the nation, the transportation revolution or
in Great Britain. the communications revolution? Give reasons for your answer.
b. Analyze Why was the use of steam and water power an
important part of the Industrial Revolution? Critical Thinking
c. Elaborate What effects of the Industrial Revolution can 4. Identifying Cause and Effect Copy the diagram and identify
you identify in your own life today? the effects of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
2. a. Identify Who were Samuel Slater and Moses Brown?
b. Make Inferences Why do you think industrialization Industrial
spread from the textile industry to other industries? Revolution
c. Evaluate Do you think the Lowell girls were treated fairly?
Explain your answer.
3. a. Describe What were the major economic and social effects FOCUS ON WRITING
of the Erie Canal? 5. Persuasive What do you think was the most important
b. Draw Conclusions Why do you think that railroads invention of this time period? Identify and defend your choice
became more important than roads and canals? in a persuasive paragraph.
COTTON BOX willed. Determined to save her family from ruin, she faced
the challenge of running the family plantation in Georgia.
In 1792, with her finances stabilized, Greene hired a
young graduate of Yale University to tutor her children. In
his spare time, the tutor, Eli Whitney, also tinkered with
machines. Greene encouraged his experiments.
Not many Georgia planters at the time grew cotton
because separating the seeds from the fluffy cotton fibers
was so slow and expensive. In 1793, Whitney designed a
wooden cylinder with teeth like a wire comb. When turned
by a hand crank, it combed the seeds out of the cotton. But
the sticky cotton soon jammed the machines. Greene sug-
gested adding a stiff brush that cleaned the teeth as the
cylinder turned. The cotton gin was born.
Whitney got a patent for his invention in 1794 and
tried to set up a factory. Greene borrowed money to help
him. But many farmers just copied the machine. In the end,
neither the inventor nor his patron made any money from
the cotton gin. But the South was transformed. The gin led
to the spread of cotton farming throughout the region and
triggered an increased demand for slave labor in the cotton-
growing states.
With a cotton gin, a worker
could clean 50 times more
cotton than by hand.
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“King Cotton” midst of the Industrial Revolution, demanded
ever-increasing amounts of cotton to feed its
The cotton gin (gin is short for engine) was hundreds of mills.
actually quite a simple machine. It was so The combination of the new cotton gin and
simple, in fact, that cotton farmers routinely the huge demand for cotton encouraged many
built their own, copying Eli Whitney’s design Americans farmers to begin growing cotton. ACADEMIC
and infringing on his patent. Even so, the cotton Southerners moved south and west to acquire VOCABULARY
gin had a major impact on life in the South. land for cotton farms in the Carolinas, Ten- acquire come into
A type of plant called long-staple cotton nessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and possession or
grew well in the West Indies, where many of control of
Louisiana. Beginning in the 1820s, the number
the earlier cotton plantations were established. of acres devoted to cotton cultivation soared.
American growers were disappointed, however, A nearly uninterrupted band of cotton farms
when they tried the plant in the southern called the Cotton Belt stretched across the
United States. The plants could not survive South, all the way from Virginia in the East to
southern winters. As a result, growers turned Texas in the West.
to a hardier variety of cotton called short-staple Growing cotton was a way to get rich rela-
cotton. It could stand the cold, but it was harder tively quickly. One man at the time described
to clean than long-staple cotton. Whitney’s the mania for growing cotton:
cotton gin solved the problem and made the
large-scale production of cotton possible. HISTORY’S VOICES
The demand for cotton was increasing both
at home and abroad. In the United States, the “ Young men who come to this country, ‘to make
money,’ soon catch the mania, and nothing less
booming textile industry of the North bought than a broad plantation, waving with the snow
cotton to weave into cloth to sell to the growing white cotton bolls, can fill their mental vision, as
American population. Overseas, the greatest they anticipate by a few years in their dreams of
demand came from Great Britain. There, the
mechanized textile industry, exploding in the
the future, the result of their plans and labours.
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Numbers tell the story of the cotton boom. The growth of cotton farming led directly
With few exceptions, cotton was America’s to an increase in demand for enslaved African
largest and most valuable export from 1807 Americans. Although the importation of
until the end of the 1800s. Cotton became so enslaved people had been banned in 1808,
important to the economy of the South that by they were routinely smuggled into southern
1855 cotton became more than a crop—it gained ports like Charleston, South Carolina, and
royal status. Senator James H. Hammond of New Orleans, Louisiana. These people, and
South Carolina stood on the Senate floor and the children of enslaved parents, were cruelly
pronounced that “Cotton is king.” Soon, people bought and sold by slave traders to provide
called the crop King Cotton. ever more workers for the cotton fields.
In 1810 there were about 1 million enslaved
READING CHECK Identifying the Main Idea
African Americans in the United States. Most
Why was cotton called King Cotton?
lived in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.
By 1840 that number had more than doubled
to nearly 2.5 million.
The Spread of Slavery As cotton farms spread, so too did slavery.
Even with the use of the cotton gin, farming The enslaved population grew in Georgia,
cotton was a labor-intensive enterprise. The Alabama, and Mississippi. Overall, enslaved
land had to be prepared, and the cotton seeds African Americans accounted for about one-
had to be planted. The growing plants had to third of the population of the South.
be tended. Finally, of course, the crop had to be Most southerners were not slaveholders.
picked, cleaned, and formed into bales. About one-fourth of the white families in the
The first cotton farms were small and South owned slaves. Most had fewer than 20.
run by families who didn’t own slaves. They Only a handful of large plantation owners kept
were soon followed by wealthier planters who hundreds of African Americans in bondage.
bought huge tracts of land and used enslaved Planters knew that the more slaves they
African Americans to raise and pick the cotton used as laborers, the more cotton they could
that made the planters rich. grow, and the more money they could make.
These wealthier planters grew cotton and Thus, there was a powerful economic incentive
other crops on plantations. As the amount of to maintain slavery in the South.
money made by growing cotton grew, so did the
number of plantations. Some plantations were READING CHECK Identifying Cause and
huge, including thousands of acres. Others Effect What led to the spread of slavery throughout
were more modest. the South?
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THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
Differences between the Differences over slavery The greatest
difference between North and South, however,
North and the South concerned slavery. In the South, where slavery
Cotton was king in the South, but it wasn’t the was legal, it was viewed by most white people
only crop grown there. Sugarcane, sugar beets, as an absolutely vital part of the economy, a
tobacco, and rice were also important crops. natural situation, and, to many, a practice
Together, these crops led the economy of the sanctioned by their Christian religion. In
South. By 1840 the South was a thoroughly the North, where slavery was illegal, ever
agricultural region. increasing numbers of people viewed it as evil.
In contrast, the North’s economy was not Americans of the time were well aware
nearly as reliant on agriculture. Farming was of the differences between the two regions of
an important activity and had been since their country. Yet few could know that the dif-
colonial times, but the Industrial Revolution ferences would eventually lead the two regions
made manufacturing and trade the base of the to fight each other in a bloody conflict called
North’s economy. the Civil War.
READING CHECK Contrasting What were the
Different worlds The economic differences
major differences between the North and the South?
between the primarily industrial North and
the primarily agricultural South led to even
greater differences between the two regions.
Trade and industry encourage urbanization, go.hrw.com
and so cities grew in the North much more
than in the South. Moreover, the Industrial
SECTION 4 ASSESSMENT Online Quiz
Keyword: SD7 HP7
7 DOCUMENT-BASED INVESTIGATION
1 2
In his time, Andrew Jackson was an extremely popular Some critics believed that Jackson had expanded the
president. The public generally supported his policies power of the presidency to a level not intended by the
and his expansion of power. During the nullification U.S. Constitution. This cartoon reflected those views.
crisis, Jackson threatened to send troops to South
Carolina if necessary to force it to obey federal law.
The song “Jackson and the Nullifiers” became a
popular tune that reflected how much the country
supported him.
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3
One of Jackson’s major goals was to destroy the Bank he approved. This cartoon shows Jackson fighting a
of the United States, which he saw as harming poor hydra that represents the national bank. The hydra is
Americans. As you read in Section 2, he used his presi- a mythological beast whose heads grow back when cut
dential power of veto and public support to end the off. In this cartoon, the heads of the hydra are politi-
national bank and replace it with smaller banks that cians who oppose Jackson’s fight with the bank.
Andrew Jackson
strikes the hydra with
a cane labeled “veto.”
North
• Slavery outlawed
• Favored a strong national South
government
Both • Slave states
• More nationalist
• Shared pride in • Favored states’ rights
• More urban and industrial nation’s success • More sectionalist
• Favored tariffs on • American culture • More rural and agricultural
European goods to
encourage consumption • English language • Opposed tariffs that raised
of northern goods prices on European goods
they purchased
• Stronger transportation
network • Weaker transportation
network
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History's Impact video program
Review the video to answer the closing question:
How did the economic differences between the
North and the South help lead to the Civil War?