Social And Economic Changes In The United States From 1800 To 1860

A large variety of changes were happening for the United States. Between 1800 and 1825 the U.S. population doubled in size and public opinion was more important than ever. The United States was becoming more modern. New developments in industry, transportation, and communication began to unitize advanced industrial countries and the U.S. Trading was made easier with improved roadways. In the south, cotton became a profitable crop with the invention of Eli Whitney's cotton gin. Industry began flourishing in the North. The National Road, which ran from Baltimore to Illinois, was started in 1811 at a request from Ohio. The Erie Canal, which traveled east and west, began construction in 1817. The War of 1812 ended in 1815 and gave Americans a new sense of independence. The Was also saw the end of the Federalist Party. By 1821, 21 out of 24 Union states adopted universal suffrage for white men. Though white men were granted unrestricted voting rights, women, Native Americans, and African Americans, still had not been. To organize their campaigns and make themselves known to the people, candidates would advertise in the newspaper, etc. In
John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1767. He attended, not only Harvard University, but Leiden University a well and had a profession as a lawyer. Adams spent time overseas in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark in his early years. He had many achievements in his life before and after his inauguration as the sixth president in 1824. Andrew Jackson, however, was born in the Waxhaws region between North and South Carolina in 1767. Born into poverty, Jackson had a very poor education, but still managed to become a young lawyer in Tennessee. He became a major general in the War of 1812 and defeated the British at New Orleans where he gained the nickname "Old Hickory". He also had many great achievements and became the seventh president of the U.S. in