HIST 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Missouri Compromise, Google Analytics, Lowell Offering
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Population nearly doubled between 1800 and 1820 going from 5. 3 million to 9. 6 million people. Settlers travel on river flatboats and overland trails in their migration. Immigration from europe is a huge part of this. Mostly from northern (catholic countries) and western europe especially ireland and germany. When missouri applied for statehood, the nation was evenly divided with 11 free/11 slaves states. Maine was created as a free state. Linked the west to the east coast. People were upset for paying for it because railroads ended up being produced five years later after being built. Industrial revolution in england created new technology and the factory system. Northern states begin to become more industrialized and less reliant on agriculture. A machine that quickly separated cotton fibers from their seeds. Southern states become more reliant on slavery. Invented the first water-powered cotton mill to the us. Worked in factory in england and brought his knowledge of technology to the united states.
