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The United States was a busy place in the early 1800s. Americans built roads and canals linking the nation's different sections like never before, and the invention of scores of new devices increased economic productivity. Meanwhile, waves of immigrants arrived in the nation's ports. Settlers also pushed west.

In the Out of Many textbook, you will need to read the following sections from several different chapters to fully understand the material. Chapter 9, pp 281-281: An Independent Judiciary Chapter 9, pp 288-292: Indian Resistance Chapter 12, pp 382-383: American Communities Chapter 10, pp 312-313: Cotton and Expansion into the Old Southwest Chapter 10, pp 390-399: The Market Revolution