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The Enduring Vision,
Fifth Edition
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College
et al.
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Chapter 9:
The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840
- Explain the developments between 1815 and 1840 that encouraged white settlement
in the Midwest.
- What stimulated northeastern manufacturing in the years after the War of 1812?
- Explain why New England led the way in industrialization.
- Compare and contrast manufacturing in New England with that in New York and
Philadelphia.
- In the period 1815-1840, how much truth was there to the rags-to-riches idea?
- What changes occurred in the economic and social status of artisans and skilled
workers in the period 1815-1840?
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