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Chapter 11: The Modernization Of New America

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In chapter 11, the main idea of this chapter is modernization. The South was an old-fashioned region, but they arose during the years leading up to 1840. It changed rapidly since the war of 1812. While Great Britain and the American East overturned the economics, America was creating a new kind of economy and society. The effective production of cotton by the new reorganized South was a fundamental aspect of the emerging national market economy. New changes happened in the North as factories replaced craft shops and cities eventually replaced towns. The brand-new economy and technology created fantastic opportunities. During this time some of the most successful entrepreneurs such as William Henry Ashley made immense profits from their fur …show more content…

Americans at that time had many different responses to the upsetting changes that had been taking place as the nation modernized and expanded. A range of economic classes responded by creating their own cultures and by familiarizing themselves with different plans for dealing with anxiety. Other citizens chose vicious protest while others chose passive resistance. Some Americans looked to Haven for solutions and others to earthly utopias. A new America was formed being more socially, politically, intellectually and culturally modern. The new generation emerged that clasped greedily at the opportunities offered by new economic and cultural arrangements. The expanding of the media made more people attentive to the issues taking place nationwide. This obtained more people into politics. After the presidential election, Americans came to believe that the West would provide the solution to the problems that were made by new conditions. In short term, this nation led to an exciting race by Americans toward the Pacific. Different visions about how the West would solve the Nation's problems soon led to the growth of crisis. The author wants the reader to understand how we had many benefits from the changing of the economy, but it eventually caused problems. I believe this was a time America had made many changes to advance America's modernization. America was advancing faster than normal. In the end, we still had

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