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Primary Source #1

This painting is of the building of the Erie Canal and its grand opening in 1825.The Erie Canal was the first major canal, linking Lake Erie to the Hudson River. It carried mostly barges from Lake Erie to the Port City of New York City. From New York the goods could be transported south or traded across the Atlantic. The Canal was vital in the Industrial revolution, because it allowed trade, infrastructure, and development to keep expanding westward. The Canal was not the only form of infrastructure that allowed trade and commerce to continue while the country kept moving west. The different names of places written in the dock show the breadth of destinations and connections the Canal makes. The building of houses and communities along the river, shown in the painting, shown the new dependence of communities on the trade the Canal allowed. It also shows the emergence of new towns as a result of the Canal, which lead to Westward expansion. When the Canal was made, towns became small port communities and were centered around the trade on the Canal. The view of the Canal melting into the horizon shows the great distance of land the Canal covers, and the immense amount of mileage the canal is able to bridge. The Canal linked two cities that were separated by wilderness and unsettled land, which is shown by the trees and wildlife still surrounding the Canal right beyond the community. This shows the importance of the Canal in the communication between two major trade centers, who were previously isolated from each other.

"Erie Canal opening." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2009. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. .

Primary Source #2 This is a painting from the early 19th century depicting a plantation located on the Mississippi River. The painting shows the reemergence of cotton harvesting in the South after the invention of the Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney in 1793. The Cotton Gin expedited the process of cotton harvesting significantly, so it made cotton producing more efficient and profitable for the plantation owners. This painting uses bright colors and good weather to show the importance of cotton farming to the American economy and its positive effect on the economy. The well-dressed white people in the front signify the increasing class stratification between the southern whites and slaves as a result of the white plantation owners profiting heavily from the North’s dependence on Southern cotton. The placement of the white elite in front of the plantation fields signifies the façade of the American economic growth as a direct result of this new cotton based economy. The prosperity of the whites diminishes the fact that the new thriving economy is based on the immoral practice of slavery. As the North began to build Mills, there was a greater demand for raw cotton in the South, which is shown by the factory painted in the background of the painting.

Plantation. 19th century. ABC-CLIO. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. . Primary Source #3

This document is a flyer posted by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in the 1800, at the turn of the 19th century. It is a written plea of everyday people to join in on the investment of Westward Expansion and Infrastructure development. This shows the new economy based on Capitalism. Capitalism is based on free trade, in this case the freedom of everyman to handle his money and investments by himself without any interference from the Government. This new economy allowed everyday people to take part in huge investments such as infrastructure. This document also shows the excitement surrounding the building of railroads that connected the east and the west, and with westward expansion. In the document it talks about the importance of the general population supporting the building and expanding infrastructure and explicitly says that the more support the new infrastructure and technology has, the more it will benefit the general population in the form of new job and a thriving economy.

Why Northern Pacific railroad 7-30 gold bonds are a good investment for the mechanic operative, laborer and farmer? . 1800. American Memory. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. <http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?rbpebib:1:./temp/ ~ammem_1gzn::@@@mdb=mcc,gottscho,detr,nfor,wpa,aap,cwar,bbpix,cowellbib,calbkbib, consrvbib,bdsbib,dag,fsaall,gmd,pan,vv,presp,varstg,suffrg,nawbib,horyd,wtc,toddbib,mgw,ncr,ngp,musdibib,hlaw,papr,lhbumbib,rbpebib,lbcoll,alad,hh,aaodyssey,magbe ll,bbc,dcm,raelbib,runyon,dukesm,lomaxbib,mtj,gottlieb,aep,qlt,coolbib,fpnas,aasm ,denn,relpet,amss,aaeo,mff,afc911bib,mjm,mnwp,rbcmillerbib,molden,ww2map,mfdipbib ,afcnyebib,klpmap,hawp,omhbib,rbaapcbib,mal,ncpsbib,ncpm,lhbprbib,ftvbib,afcreed, aipn,cwband,flwpabib,wpapos,cmns,psbib,pin,coplandbib,cola,tccc,curt,mharendt,lhb cbbib,eaa,haybib,mesnbib,fine,cwnyhs,svybib,mmorse,afcwwgbib,mymhiwebib,uncall,afcwip,mtaft,manz,llstbib,fawbib,berl,fmuever,cdn,upboverbib,mussm,cic,afcpearl,awh ,awhbib,sgp,wright,lhbtnbib,afcesnbib,hurstonbib,mreynoldsbib,spaldingbib,sgproto,scsmbib,afccalbib>.

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