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Chapter Timeline

CHAPTER REVIEW

TIMELINE Ask yourself why this chapter begins and ends with these dates and then identify the links among related events.
1782

  • Oliver Evans builds automated flour mill
1790

  • Samuel Slater opens spinning mill in Providence, Rhode Island
1792

  • Congress passes Post Office Act
1793

  • Eli Whitney devises cotton gin
1814

  • Boston Manufacturing Company opens factory in Waltham, Massachusetts
1816–1828

  • Congress levies protective tariffs
1817

  • Erie Canal begun (completed in 1825)
1820–1840

  • Urban population surges in Northeast and Midwest; shoe entrepreneurs adopt division of labor
1820s

  • New England women take textile jobs

  • Rise of Benevolent Empire spurs conservative social reforms
1824

  • Gibbons v. Ogden promotes interstate trade
1830s

  • Emergence of western commercial cities

  • Labor movement gains strength

  • Middle-class culture emerges

  • Growth of temperance movement
1830

  • Charles G. Finney begins Rochester revivals
1840s

  • Irish and German immigration sparks ethnic riots

  • Maturation of machine-tool industry
1842

  • Commonwealth v. Hunt legitimizes trade unions
1850s

  • Expansion of railroads in Northeast and Midwest
1857

  • Overproduction and speculation trigger a business recession

Question

KEY TURNING POINT: Many of the early timeline entries concern economic matters, while later entries refer to other subjects. Based on your reading of the chapter, when and why does this change in emphasis occur?