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The Growth and new transportation of the United States By Colin

By lfinchum

  • Eli Whitney and the cotton gin.

    Eli Whitney and the cotton gin.
    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. The word gin means engine.It quickly and easily removes the seeds form cotton and allowed a huge increase in cotton production.Whitney later accepted the task of making 10,000 muskets in two years for the government.

  • The start of the railroads.

    The start of the railroads.
    The nation needed a good inland roads for travel and to ship goods private companies built turn spikes or toll roads are fees paid by travelers helped building the cost of them. Many roads had crushed stone. In some areas workers built corduroy roads. These roads had a surface made up of logs laid side by side, like the ridges of corduroy cloth.

  • The loss of Spain in the United States.

    The loss of Spain in the United States.
    Spain owed the cloines east and west Florida.American settlers in West Florida rebelled against Spanish rule. The United States government then argued that West Florida was included in the Louisiana Purchase. In 1810 and 1812 the United States took control of sections of West Florida.
    The territory claimed by the United States reached west to the borders of Louisiana and Mississippi. Spain objected to losing part of West Florida but took no action against the United States.

  • The Great Missouri Compromise.

    The Great Missouri Compromise.
    Debates in Congress heated to the boiling point. Fearing a split in the Union, Henry Clay suggested the Missouri Compromise. Clay proposed that Maine, in the Northeast, enter the Union as a free state. Missouri could then enter as a slave state. This would keep an even balance of power in the Senate There were 12 free and 12 slaves.The Missouri Compromise also addressed the question of slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territory.

  • The locks of the Erie Canal

    The locks of the Erie Canal
    Thousands of workers most of them were Irish immigrants. They built a 365 mile canal. Along they built the locks separate compartments in which workers could raise or lower the water level. The locks worked like an escalator to raise and lower boats up and down hills.the Erie Canal opened on October 26, 1825. Clinton, who was now governor of New York.