Development of the American Economy

Task:
1.Explain Henry Clay’s American System. How did this promote a spirit of nationalism in America?
2.Discuss America’s transportation revolution in the first half of the 1800s. What role did government play in the development of roads, canals, railroads, and steamboats? 3.Identify three major industries (not including the railroad) of America’s Industrial Revolution after the Civil War? What made the men who controlled them so successful?
4.Explain the importance of the transcontinental railroad. In what ways did the transcontinental railroad change America?5.Explain the origins and growth of early labor unions in the United States. In what way did they change America? 



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