HIST-H 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Slave Codes, Toleration Party, Infant Mortality
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American party: also known as the toleration party, established in connecticut, opposed federalist party, party of know-nothings, based on nativism, conservative political party. Steamboats: ships and boats powered by wood fired steam engines, made two-way traffic possible in eastern river systems, created a transcontinental market, started an agricultural empire. Northeast industries: labor force for factory system. Improvements in public health high birth rate/low infant mortality rates: population dramatically increased, water transportation. Immigrants: development of inexpensive and fast ocean transport, famines and revolutions in europe, growing u. s. reputation more economic opportunity; political freedom, gold rush. Growth of catholic church: grew through immigration, european reformation challenged catholic church, economic, political and social influence on western europe, americas, and spanish and. Market revolution and inventions: look over shark tank activity (steamboats, erie canal, steel plow, cotton gin, etc. ) functions and impact (efficiency, greatly impacted factory and agricultural economies.
