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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 11:
Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860
- Why were interchangeable parts and improved machine tools extremely important
in the growth of American manufacturing?
- How was most American railroad building in the 1850s financed? What role
did New York City play in this financing?
- Why did Americans' real and annual income increase between 1840 and 1860?
- Why did antebellum American cities make little headway against recurring
epidemics of cholera, yellow fever, and other diseases?
- Explain the beliefs of American transcendentalists, such as Emerson and Thoreau.
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