1. Impacts on Agriculture Positive EffectsNegative Effects Use the slides in this presentation to complete the T-chart drawn in your notebook. Let the pictures and questions guide your notes.

2. CROP ROTATION – a system that became widely used during the industrial revolution. The practice of rotating different crops in the same field from year to year increased production by improving the fertility of the soil and reducing insects and disease.

3. The STEEL PLOW was invented by John Deere in 1837. Did new farming technology make work easier or more difficult? Did it require more workers or less workers?

4. What do you think were the negative consequences of new farming technology?

5. How do you think the new technology affected sharecroppers? Why?

6. Textile jobs in the city provided a weekly paycheck. How do you think that affected farmers?

7. How did new forms of transportation positively effect farming? NEW TRANSPORTATION CANALS, STEAMSHIPS, and RAILROADS

8. How did new forms of transportation NEGATIVELY effect agriculture?

9. Why do you think farmers began to form workers unions? Journals were published specifically for farmers. What do you think were inside the journals and how do you think farmers benefitted?