Early 1800's Industrialization in America

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American View of the Irish Immigrant

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The Early Union Movement

Workingman’s Party (1829) * Founded by Robert Dale Owen and others in New York City.

Early unions were usually local, social, and weak.

Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842).

Worker political parties were ineffective until the post-Civil War period.

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What's

Happening

in

America

by the 1850s?

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Regional Specialization

EAST  Industrial

SOUTH  Cotton & Slavery

WEST  The Nation’s “Breadbasket”

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American Population Centers in 1820

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American Population Centers in 1860

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National Origin of Immigrants: 1820 - 1860

Why now?

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Know-Nothing Party:

“The Supreme Order of the Star-Spangled Banner”

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Changing Occupation Distributions: 1820 - 1860

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The results of

early 19c

industrialization

in America?

ECONOMIC?

SOCIAL?

POLITICAL?

FUTURE PROBLEMS?