1. Warm Up - What modes of transportation do we have today
Warm Up - What modes of transportation do we have today? Which do you prefer? What do you think the future will bring?
Today we will be learning about westward expansion because without expansion Cobb County would not be here, therefore we would not be here in Cobb.

2. Application Activity
Write a paragraph addressing how the Cotton Gin impacted the increase in the slave population.
The rise of railroads in the early 1800’s was a significant advancement to transport goods from one place to another which significantly impacted their lives. What technological advancement today (within 5-10 years) has made a significant impact on our daily lives?
Most Important - Based on what we have studied yesterday and today, which had the most impact on the development of Georgia? Why? Explain.
Today we will be learning about westward expansion because without expansion Cobb County would not be here, therefore we would not be here in Cobb.

3. Most Important - Based on what we have studied yesterday and today, which had the most impact on the development of Georgia?
Today we will be learning about westward expansion because without expansion Cobb County would not be here, therefore we would not be here in Cobb.

4. Cotton Gin and Mechanical Reaper
Workstation #1
Cotton Gin and Mechanical Reaper
Directions:
Read “Invention of the Cotton Gin”, “King Cotton Comes to Georgia”, and “Mechanical Reaper”
Answer the following questions:
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect the economy of the South?
What impact did the invention of the cotton gin have on the slave population of the South?
What economic impact did the mechanical reaper have on the South?

5. Cotton and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney in 1793 invented a machine for separating cotton seeds from its fiber
Increased the amount cotton growers could process each day
The gin used wire teeth on a turning cylinder to separate the seed from fiber
The invention resulted in the need for more slaves. Slave population drastically increased in the South.

6. The Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus McCormick invented a machine to cut grain in a field
Wooden paddles attached to a horse’s harness allowed six times more grain to be cut per day than previous methods
Georgia farmers could work larger and more profitable farms with these agricultural machines

7. Railroads and Rise of Terminus
Workstation #2
Railroads and Rise of Terminus
Directions:
Read the information provided.
Take notes on the provided reading on the organizer provided.

8. RAILROADS 1830 First locomotive service – Charleston, SC
1833 GA General Assembly approved 2 companies to build railroads
GA RR Co – west from Augusta to Madison, Eatonton, & Athens (reached Athens 1841)
Central of GA RR – Savannah to Macon (reached Macon 1843)

9. RAILROADS CON’T
Western & Atlantic (W&A) RR connected Augusta, Macon, Milledgeville & Columbus
RR end = Terminus, later Marthasville
1847 Marthasville grew – over 400 people
Name not appropriate for RR center….changed to Atlanta after Western & Atlantic
W&A connected Atlanta to Chattanooga

10. RAILROADS CON’T
1853 Atlanta & West Point RR linked Georgia’s RR system to Alabama

11. Terminus
Located at the southern end of a rail line that originated in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Later renamed Marthasville, after the daughter of former Governor Wilson Lumpkin
Marthasville became Atlanta, and the capital of Georgia
Rail lines greatly reduced travel time for people and freight
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12. Railroads Map of Georgia
Workstation #3
Railroads Map of Georgia
Directions:
Create a map of Georgia. On this map complete/label the following:
Label all the railroads, color coding each railroad.
Label the major cities the railroads traveled through.
For each railroad, state the year of its completion.
Name the three (3) names for Atlanta.