Print out this page. As you explore the web resources in this webquest, write your answers below:

1. How many stars were on the US flag in 1840?_________

These questions are from the Democracy in America website:

2. Find the map of deTocqueville's travels and print it out.

3. Name 5 cities deTocqueville visited and tell in a few sentences what he thought about them.

4. When was the first canal in the US built?_______ When was the Erie Canal completed?______

5. When was the first railroad in the US opened?_______

6. In 1840, were the railroads a primary form of travel?___________________________________

7. When did the first steamboat go down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers?_________

8. When Tocqueville visited the United States in 1840, how did most people earn their living?

9. What were the two greatest inventions in the mid 1800's that helped farmers plant and sow large fields?

10. In European society in the 1840's there was a large "class" distinction. Was this true of the United States in the 1840's?_________________________________________________________________

These questions are from the timelines:

11. In 1840, who could vote?___________________________________________

12. In 1840, could women own land?_____________________________________

These are from the site on the Lowell Mill Girls:

13. What were some of the attractions for these New England farm girls to work in the new mills at Lowell, Massachusetts?

14. What was the average age of the mill workers?

15. What was the job of the "Doffers"? How old were they? What was their pay?

16. What were the working hours for all of the girls, regardless of their ages?

17. Why was the first strike called for largely by the female workers, what did they hope to achieve?

18. Was it successful?

19. What was the contradiction of "freedom and equality" among American people? Who was not free?

20. Look in the book Democracy in America, page 107: DeTocqueville wrote,
"In the United States, except slaves, servants and paupers supported by the townships, there is no class of persons who do not exercise the elective franchise [vote] and who do not indirectly contribute to make the laws."
Was this true in 1840? Who is deTocqueville forgetting? Why did servants not vote then?