(Lecture 18) The Road to War in the North Flashcards
What was the change in total value of manufactured goods between 1840 and 1860?
1840- $500 million
1850- $2 billion
When did industrial production equal agriculture by?
1860
what was the new ruling class in the north?
industrial capitalists
what began to drive the US economy?
railroad
What was the difference in railroad track between 1840 and 1850?
2818 miles to 9000 miles
how much more track in the north was there compared to south?
4x as much
When was the first telegraph message and who sent it? Where to?
1844
Samuel Morse
Washington to Baltimore
What was New York’s population in 1840 and 1860?
312,000 to 805,000
what was the total population growth between 1840 and 1860?
23 million to 32 million
what were the numbers of immigrants in the three stages?
1830-1840: 500,000
1840-1850: 1.7 million
1850-1860: 2.6 million
where were the immigrants from?
Ireland and Germany
what did the north emerge as?
urban, industrial, cosmopolitan society
What was the Kansas/Nebraska Act and when?
1854.
Douglas introduced a bill that would organise the land unsettled after Louisiana Purchase.
Slavery decided by PS.
What does Bleeding Kansas refer to?
both sides sending people to Kansas to vote on slavery.
60% of votes were illegal.
Abolitionists sent an anti-slavery constitution to Congress, Pierce accepted it.
who is the abolitionist that orchestrated the murder of pro-slavers?
John Brown
