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Industry In the North
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Define Textiles: Cloth Items Interchangeable Parts:
Products made from pieces that are exactly the same Mass Production: Making large #’s of goods that are exactly the same
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Industrial Revolution
Agriculture & roads improved: Cities & populations grew Traditional Manufacturing: Factories that made everything by hand (Blacksmith, Gunsmith, Weavers) Could not keep up with increased demands
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Industrial Revolution
Factories use machines to produce items quicker, cheaper, and exactly the same First Breakthrough: Textile Factories (Very big in England)
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Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney: Introduced interchangeable parts for muskets Easier to assemble Easier to replace broken parts Factories: Copied Whitney
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Southern Livin’
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South Agriculture/Economy
Southerners believed: Future of the US was in agriculture Decline after the Revolutionary War: 1. Prices: Fell and farmers cut production 2. Demand for slaves: Less demand for workers
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Whitney and the most evil invention ever created!!
Farmers had difficulty: Making enough money farming crops Short staple cotton: Grows like a weed but difficult to remove seeds Long staple cotton Few seeds, but hard to grow
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Cotton Gin Growers need: Machine to separate the seeds easily
Job of the cotton gin: Eli Whitney- Separates cotton fibers from seeds
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Cotton Gin Gave new life to: Southern plantation owners and slavery
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The Cotton Boom By 1860: Southern states east of the Mississippi produced 2/3 of all U.S. cotton
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The Cotton Boom Cotton Kingdom:
Southern states from South Carolina to Texas Cotton: Newest Cash Crop
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Cotton BOOM! Growing cotton required: Many field workers
Growers began using more: Slave Labor
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Cotton 1808: Congress makes importing slaves to the U.S. illegal.
Growing demand led to: An increase in domestic slave trade (Selling of slaves between plantation owners in the U.S.)
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