HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Spoils System, Corrupt Bargain, Party System
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America: transportation, the rise of manufacturing, the transformation of northern labor, the expansion of democracy, the age of jackson, the second party system. From lake erie to buffalo, to hudson bay to new york city. 1850s railroads already giving the canals problems 1829 first track laid for 13 miles and in 1840s more than the size of england laid. Transportation advances prompted rapid expansion of manufacturing for the. Eli whitney responsible for the interchangeable part invention. Explosion of banks between 1820+ - some restrictions placed by existence of the national bank banks less regulatory predominantly a northern thing. Started to attract other businesses like banks, lawyers. Women in the work force the mill worked easily so would hire unskilled cheap women women couldn"t swear etc. Made dormitories for women to live in that were supervised by unmarried older women housed off from the men many women ended up leaving because expectation still that women marry and have children.
