Resources-Economic Factors

The Onset of the Industrial Revolution

Fur Trade and Economics , Hudson's Bay Company

Embargo Act 1807

Non-Intercourse Act 1809

American Foreign Trade

US Economy 1820-1860

Economic Expansion, Enlarged Markets

Transportation

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• map_nationalpike_otherroads_0001.jpg
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• prairie schooner (text and audio)
• economy and transportation, maglev economics
• railroad innovations
• transportation system comparison

Slavery and Sectionalism-1 , Abolitionist Movement

Free and Slave Areas-1 , Free and Slave Areas-2

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Commerce and National Unity

Bank War

Polk's Expansionism

Gold Rush-1 , Gold Rush-2,

"The Gold Rush" is a deeply moving documentary about the great quest for gold in frontier California. This award-winning program traces the epic saga of the bold adventurers who profoundly changed a young nation and redefined the American dream.

National Technology Policy Editorial

Technology Innovations

• Transportation
• Farm Machinery and Technology
• Cotton Gin
• Steam Boat
• Reaper
• Steam Locomotive
• Inventions Timeline 1800-1850