Early Industrial Revolution And Westward Expansion Essay

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In the United States of America, during the First Half of the nineteenth century, the Early Industrial Revolution and Westward expansion, caused sectional tensions between the North and the South. During this time period, people in the U.S. needed more land because the Industrial Revolution created factories, and new inventions that required more land to be needed. Some inventions were the Cotton Gin and the Textile Mills. The Cotton gin was a machine that picked seeds out of the cotton a lot faster than a person could, which made it easier and faster to manufacture. Also, the Textile Mills turned the seedless cotton into clothing. Many people wanted these clothings because it was already made and it was cheaper, than making clothing themselves. For this reason the U.S. started moving westward to gain more land. (Hakim NN 107-108). This also lead to the creation of new states, because more people moved into the new land causing the population to grow. However, there was a problem with this because the "new" states could either …show more content…
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