Essay 1 The seventh president of the United States was Andrew Jackson. He grew up in the Carolinas as a mischievous child. He didn 't have parental restraints so spent much of his time fighting and didn 't learn to read and write. During his presidency and his time in congress he became a clear and passionate writer, however he did make many spelling and grammatical errors. He joined the army and quickly rose in the ranks and was the hero of the battle of New Orleans. In 1824 Jackson ran for the presidency in the Democratic-Republican Party and almost won however while he had more points in the electoral college and had much more of the popular percentage. Henry Clay had the deciding vote and in congress and made the decision that John Q.
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This revolution in the Americas caused many immigrants to come and to be part of society there. This change in the economy had a huge impact on many minority groups like, Germans who came and played a big role in shaping American society, Irishmen who were able to raise their social status in some cases, women who began to get jobs before marriage and no longer learned to knit, sew, and how to do housework from their mothers, and laborers who lost many rights and had lower income because of the strong economy and manpower availability. It also had a huge effect on work habits of people who began to work the longs days that factory life require, family life which changed from large families from an arranged marriage to a smaller family where the spouses chose each other, class distinction which only had some social mobility at these times, new forms of transportation like highways, steamboats, canals, and most importantly, trains, and consumption patterns which left scattered markets and farms to a network of …show more content…
Highways were constructed that made travel easier with a single route to get from one place to another. The name turnpike for many highways today comes from the bar that was used to block people from getting into the highway without paying a fee. Another innovation was the steamboat. These ships were faster and sturdier and allowed for quick travel and trade up and down the rivers. The usage of canals also led to the popularity of the steamboat. The most important form of transportation was the railroad though. It was a fast and efficient way of transferring people and goods from place to place and would play a large role in the shaping of The
This revolution in the Americas caused many immigrants to come and to be part of society there. This change in the economy had a huge impact on many minority groups like, Germans who came and played a big role in shaping American society, Irishmen who were able to raise their social status in some cases, women who began to get jobs before marriage and no longer learned to knit, sew, and how to do housework from their mothers, and laborers who lost many rights and had lower income because of the strong economy and manpower availability. It also had a huge effect on work habits of people who began to work the longs days that factory life require, family life which changed from large families from an arranged marriage to a smaller family where the spouses chose each other, class distinction which only had some social mobility at these times, new forms of transportation like highways, steamboats, canals, and most importantly, trains, and consumption patterns which left scattered markets and farms to a network of …show more content…
Highways were constructed that made travel easier with a single route to get from one place to another. The name turnpike for many highways today comes from the bar that was used to block people from getting into the highway without paying a fee. Another innovation was the steamboat. These ships were faster and sturdier and allowed for quick travel and trade up and down the rivers. The usage of canals also led to the popularity of the steamboat. The most important form of transportation was the railroad though. It was a fast and efficient way of transferring people and goods from place to place and would play a large role in the shaping of The