Sectional Differences
Industrial Revolution -developed in Great Britain -interchangeable parts Eli Whitney -mass production -Lowell System modern factory highly organized
Industrial Revolution -developed in Great Britain -interchangeable parts Eli Whitney -mass production -Lowell System modern factory highly organized
SOCIETY North -Societal Changes Owners of industry Laborers -First unions develop -Anti-slavery movement -emancipation South -based on agriculture -plantation owners -planters -farmers -slaves -the “necessary evil”
Cotton is King -cotton is valuable crop but requires great hand labor -invention of cotton gin by Eli Whitney -increased capacity for cotton production
Sectional Differences -views differed on many issues -land Free land v. market value -tariff High v. low -slavery
American System -high tariff -national bank -system of internal improvements roads, bridges, canals -help to settle western lands -promoted by Henry Clay John C. Calhoun
Transportation -National Road Conestogas -Erie Canal -Railroad building will begin soon
Transportation -National Road Conestogas -Erie Canal -Railroad building will begin soon
Transportation -National Road Conestogas -Erie Canal -Railroad building will begin soon