The creation of a national market economy and the beginnings of the industrial revolution on the development of the United States after 1815. What is a national market economy and why did it create such a dynamic economic system. How did it affect agriculture, commerce, and banking? What is the industrial revolution and how did it manifest itself in the U.S.? How did the putting-out system change? (Hint: textiles). How do these affect Americans and their daily lives?
The national market economy was the change of manufacturing. Previous to 1815 people grew and produced their own crops and goods. There were only tiny shops that made very few things for people. After 1815 a new national market economy started to replace the old local market economy. Now people are starting to grow crops and raise animals just so they can sale them to other people. People also started to manufacture goods outside of their homes now they had small factories with workers that could produce mass amounts of goods. The national market affected the agricultural industry because farmers started to grow more produce and raise more animals, they were supplying the cities with their produce and making money from it. Eventually towards the mid 1800's farmers started to buy and use agricultural machinery to produce even more than they already had. The cities were expanding with factories, mostly textile factories where they would turn the raw cotton in to cloth. The industrial revolution started in Great Britain it was the transitional period when people stop hand making things and machines started to manufacture things. The putting out system destroyed the artisan production. The mills were opening and hiring women and children and paying them very little to make things like clothing. After all of these changes the American way of life was much different. There was room for the lower class citizens to climb the social ladder; because of the opening of so many jobs people were able to make more money, making for a better attitude across the country. Things like books and magazines were affordable to people now, clothing was cheaper now that there were so many mills making it in the US. The typical American family structure came about during this time; men were the breadwinners while women stayed home to raise the children.
Reference:
Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty! An American History. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012.
Gayle , Olson-Raymer. " Political, Economic and Social Consequences of Manifest Destiny." Accessed February 12, 2014.http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist110/unit3/political.html.
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Following the War of 1812, American nationalism manifested itself by acknowledging a separate and unique identity. Prior to the war, America, although independent, remained tied philosophically to Europe. After the war, America and its citizens developed a distinct national identity that encouraged its democracy to flourish. This national spirit prompted westward expansion of the United States, and a continued suspicion of European meddling in the western hemisphere that would lead to the Monroe Doctrine.
John Quincy Adams served as James Monroe's secretary of state and drafted an important section of Monroe's 1823 annual message to Congress that we now refer to as the Monroe Doctrine. Under this doctrine, the United States declared that it would oppose further European colonization in South America and that it would support the independent states of Latin America. 1
Furthermore, Adams, as president, was an ardent expansionist and believed that it would be the Untied States' destiny to extend its influence throughout the western hemisphere, replacing – peacefully, so he hoped – Britain as the colonial power in Canada and Spain as the colonial power in Cuba and Mexico. 2
Under the presidency of Andrew Jackson, Indian removal – the forcible banishment of Native Americans from their homes in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi – received funding from the federal government, legal justification by the Supreme Court and military support. During the presidency of Marten Van Buren, the United States Army forced 18,000 Cherokee men, women and children westward on the Trail of Tears, during which at least one quarter died. 3
Jackson saw America's destiny as one in which white civilization would push the "savages" beyond an expanding frontier. The frontier would continue to expand throughout the 19th century and this would lead to decades of armed conflict with Indian tribes and war with Mexico.
The journalist John O'Sullivan wrote in 1839 that, "America is destined for better deeds." 4 He extolled the virtue of spreading American values of progress and freedom throughout the hemisphere. O'Sullivan and others would give rise to the idea of Manifest Destiny in American politics and encourage the rapid settlement and expansion of the frontier during the 19th century.
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I don't think we value literature, poetry, and theatre in our society. In my opinion, it becomes popular during the holidays when broadway shows and tradtional shows are broadcast on televsions. Holiday parades can also have entertaining performances. One example of a traditonal show would be "The Nutcracker", which can often be acted out in a play during the holidays.
Music seems to be the way people more so relate to poetry, since it has alot of analogies and rhyming words throughout the chorus. Rap music often definitely has a negative context, but they are skilled to be able to make the type of comparisons in their lyrics. Music in general can be negative or positve, but I do believe that it is the modern art that consumes the younger generation. It would be nice, if the message was more so postive than negative. Many young people would thinks of someone as being odd if they listened to opera and read Shakespeare literature.
It is hard to predict the future of the country if they are misguided by the music. Perhaps, the country would be more successful if they actually embraced literature that forced society to think in a positive aspect! Perhaps, they are stong enough to not allow the type of music dictate the type of person they will be!
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America is a very diverse country, and is influenced by many different cultures. To ask if we overall value literature is very hard because of how many different cultures we in fact have. When I think of overall, majority comes to mind and I'm not quite sure that the majority of Americans value or even like literature, theatre, or poetry. There are so many choices and influences that we have to choose from that I feel the population that does value or enjoy classic literature has significantly dropped. Different genres of music, movies, and schooling can all be influences. If you are not taught about literature, poetry, or theatre acts in school, chances are that you will not come to value them. Diversity is "the quality or state of having many different forms, types, or ideas" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). As literature and poetry are often taught growing up in school, I know that lots of people do not actually value what we are learning, just getting
the classics like Shakespeare out of the way because it is required. Unfortunately, I was one of the people that did not value classic literature, and much more enjoyed doing pretty much anything except that in school.
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