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Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney. The Cotton Gin was a machine that could clean seeds from 50 pounds of cotton in one day, whereas a laborer could only clean one pound a day. The Cotton Gin revolutionized the planting system and made the U.S. the dominant wolrld supplier of cotton in the 1820s. -
Exploration of the West, 1800s-1820s
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Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans in late 1814 and early 1815 resulted in an American victory over British invaders. The battle took place after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which brought the War of 1812 to an end. -
Treaty of Ghent
Signed on December 24, 1814 in Ghent, Belgium by representatives from the United States and Great Britain, the Treaty of Ghent officially ended the War of 1812. The war had essentially been a draw, and the treaty did not call for any significant changes to the status quo from before the war. The U.S. Senate unanimously ratified the treaty on February 16, 1815. -
Child laborer in a cotton mill
Child laborer in a cotton mill. During the 1800s and early 1900s, children often worked 10 to 14 hour days in cotton mills around the country. -
John Sherman
John Sherman was a member of the Whigs Party and strongly opposed slavery. He also helped organize the new Republican Party in Ohio adter the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. -
Manifest Destiny and Slavery
During the middle of the 1800s, the United States increased its geographical area by 1.2 million square miles. With the increase of land the debate about slavery increased which lead to the civil war. -
Trial of tears
The Trail of Tears was the name given by the Cherokee Indians to the forced march from their lands in the southeastern United States to the Indian Territory during 1838-1839. Thousands of people died along the route. -
First normal public school in the US
Mann established the first public normal school in the United States in Lexington, Connecticut in 1839 -
Education in Conneticut
In 1842, Connecticut passed a law stating that children employed in any business in the state had to demonstrate that they had attended school three months out of the previous 12. -
Election of 1844
In 1844 James K. Polk was elected president and after that Texas was immediately annexed, which caused Mexico to end all diplomatic relations with the U,S,, The folowing year Polk signed a compromise with Britain to split Oregon down the U.S.-Canadian Border. -
Corset advertisement
A corset advertisement from the late 1800s. -
Law mandating attendance at school
By 1852, Massachusetts had established the first law mandating attendance at school, in this case for children between the ages of eight and 14. They had to attend a school year of at least three months (at least six weeks consecutively). Parents were fined and prosecuted if they refused to abide by the law. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act fanned the flames of sectionalism that led to the demise of the Whig Party, the division of the Democrats into Northern and Southern wings, and the birth of the Republican Party, which was formed in 1854 in opposition to the expansion of slavery into the territories. -
Advertisement for soap
A soap advertisement from the late 1800s.
