American%20History%201841%20to%201860%20Social,%20Political,%20and%20Economic

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American History 1841 to 1860Social, Political,
and Economic

• Project By Robert Stanton

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Thesis

• From 1841 to 1860, the United States changed
  socially, politically, and economically. While
  many changes were good there's always a bad one
  here and there. What has shaped the US into what
  it is, is its way to learn and fix what has been
  found to be wrong.

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Social-We The People

• The 1840s and 1850s saw a huge growth in the
  American population soaring into the 20 millions
  and quickly rising with immigration increasing
  from all over Europe.

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Social-Slavery

• In the mid-1800s, slavery was a hot topic that
  could be found in many newspapers and
  conversations, with many people for and against
  it, it faced much debate.

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Social-La Amistad

• African people who were being boated to Cuba as
  slaves took over the ship in hopes of saving
  their own lives. They were captured and taken to
  trial, in 1841 after the case was taken to the
  Supreme Court, the verdict stated that the
  Africans were illegally taken and in 1842 the
  survivors were taken back to Africa.

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Social

• The 1840s to 1850s was a time period of much
  social change. Many new things became popular
  while many common things became old fashioned or
  just plain obsolete.

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Social-Music

• New music was being cranked out by musicians in
  the forties and fifties like mad in the forties,
  ballads had become the new craze.

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Social-Literature

• Even though the United States faced much turmoil
  socially and politically, literature was one of a
  few aspects that was facing good change. Every
  year faced dozens of Books, Dramas, Poems, and
  Non-Fiction especially by the famous writer Edgar
  A. Poe.

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Political-Presidents

• This time period had many presidents, the forties
  had more presidents than almost any other decade.
  These 20 years faced 7 presidents.

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Political-Slavery

• The 1840s and 1850s saw much slavery debate. In
  this time period, many groups formed in the hopes
  of abolishing slavery and creating a country
  where All men are created equal

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Political-International

• In the 1840s and 50s, there were many countries
  with claims to pieces of North America. This is a
  time period where many treaties would be made,
  battles fought and debates would be commonplace
  when the topic of land ownership was brought up.

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Political-Manifest Destiny

• The mid 1800s was jam-packed with expansionistic
  views and the 40s and 50s were no exceptions.
  Manifest Destiny was the phrase coined saying
  that it was our God given right and Duty to
  expand our countrys borders as much as possible.

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Political-Parties

• The 1840s and 1850s was a time of much political
  change with new parties forming and dissolving.
• Whig Party political party formed and died in
  this time period. Free Soil Party was formed in
  1848 and dissolved in 1854. The 1850s saw the
  creation of the Republican party.

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Political-Major Events

• In 1848, the Communist Manifesto is published.
• In the 1850s, one of the first attempts at
  prohibition-failed.
• The Great Irish Potato Famine
• The 50s sees the first trans-pacific telegraph
  cable and the railroads passing canals in
  transportation use.

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Economic-Immigration

• The 1840s saw the largest immigration rate in
  the US to date. Almost one and a half million
  people immigrated into the US due to situations
  like crop failure and starvation.

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Economic-Gold Rush

• In the 1840s and 50s, three notable gold rushes
  struck America.
• The California Gold Rush in 1848
• Pikes Peak Gold Rush in Colorado 1859
• Northern Nevada Gold Rush in 1850

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Economic-Expansion

• With the addition of states like New Mexico and
  Texas, new industries and businesses were built.
• With such a situation, the country faces economic
  prosper. Especially with the expansion,
  agriculture boomed.

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Economic-Commercial Products

• The 1840s and 50s were decades with amazing and
  useful creations that would become every day
  things sold commercially.

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Economic-Transportation Revolution

• The United States is a massive country. With
  large size come the need to travel large
  distances quickly. Railroads quickly became the
  leading source of transportation especially with
  steel being produced so easily, railroad
  construction became less expensive and much
  easier.

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Conclusion

• The 1840s and fifties was a time of major social,
  political, and economic change. Both for the good
  and the bad. Despite the hardships faced in these
  times, the US managed to pull through.

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