Nationalism to Sectionalism United States History - Mrs. O'Shea 8/1/2019 Nationalism to Sectionalism

Industrial Revolution Railroads and Canals Cotton Gin Trail of Tears

Industrial Revolution British inventors began to make textiles with ______________. A British textile worker, Samuel Slater, set up a textile factory in Rhode Island in 1790. This was the beginning of the Industrial _______________ in the U.S.! When factories replace work done by hands – mass production

Effects of Factories ________ developed as farmers and immigrants took available factory jobs. Factory workers often worked 15 hours or more a day. Child labor and injuries were common, and wages were low.

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Railroads

United States rail network - 1870

Canals

Cotton Gin · It was difficult to make a profit from cotton because cottonseeds were removed by hand. Fact = It took one person an entire day to clean one pound of cotton. Cotton Ball, picked 1915 Georgia

Therefore, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin.

Effects of the Cotton Gin Plantation owners began to earn a lot of money growing cotton It increases their _____________________.

- Native Americans to be forced onto reservations as farmers took their land. Ex.) Cherokees, Creek