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DATE: Early 1800s -The cotton gin separated the seeds from the fiber -New states began producing cotton -Led to a boom in the cotton market, and its global effects crowned the staple as "King Cotton" -The need for cotton encouraged westward expansion
What is King Cotton in the Early 1800s
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DATE: First half of the 1800s -New construction of roads, canals, and railroads -Robert Fulton built the modern day steamboat, transforming river transportation -Henry Clay promoted internal improvements to help develop transportation -The transportation revolution cheapened the market for trade and encouraged population movement west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is Transportation Revolution
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DATE: 1820-1860 -Explosion in the number of colleges -Expansion of state-supported elementary schools and other public schooling, in part due to the leadership of Horace Mann -Dorothea Dix led the establishment of asylums for humane treatment of the insane -Prisons were also reformed
What is Antebellum Reform
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DATE: 1790s-1840s - A wave of religious fervor spread through a series of camp meeting revivals - The "Burnt Over District," an area in upstate New York, was the center of the movement - Protestant revivalism rejected the Calvinist doctrine of predestination and held instead that salvation was in the individual's hands - Revivalism was a reaction to rationalism, emphasizing strong nationalism and the improvement of society through social reform - Revivalism included participation by women and African Americans, demonstrating the influence and growth of democracy - Created diversity in American religious sects and some anti-catholic sentiment
What is The Second Great Awakening and Protestant Revivalism
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DATE: 1802-1887 -Social reformer who worked to help the mentally ill -Northeastern jails housed both criminals and the mentally ill in the same facilities -Dix became determined to change this -Her memorandum to the Massachusetts state legislature in 1842 led to the establishment of state hospitals for the insane
What is Dorothea Dix