Industry In the North

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

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

Industrial Revolution Factories use machines to produce items quicker, cheaper, and exactly the same First Breakthrough: Textile Factories (Very big in England)

Interchangeable Parts Eli Whitney: Introduced interchangeable parts for muskets Easier to assemble Easier to replace broken parts Factories: Copied Whitney

Southern Livin’

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

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

Cotton Gin Growers need: Machine to separate the seeds easily Job of the cotton gin: Eli Whitney- Separates cotton fibers from seeds

Cotton Gin Gave new life to: Southern plantation owners and slavery

The Cotton Boom By 1860: Southern states east of the Mississippi produced 2/3 of all U.S. cotton

The Cotton Boom Cotton Kingdom: Southern states from South Carolina to Texas Cotton: Newest Cash Crop

Cotton BOOM! Growing cotton required: Many field workers Growers began using more: Slave Labor

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.)