Warm Up #1 1/6/15 Write N for North, W for West, or S for South. Some may have more than one answer. __1. Low price of Western land__6. Opposed tariffs __2. High price of Western land__7. Exported goods __3. Hired labor__8. Commercial farming __4. Slave labor__9. Subsistence farming __5. Supported tariffs__10. Interest in own region

Inventions of the 1800’s InventionHow it works Effects on society

What is it? How will it change the nation? Cotton Gin Invented by Eli Whitney Made cleaning cotton 50 times faster

Effects of Cotton Gin Increased cotton production = more southern wealth and power Increased cotton production = more southern wealth and power Plantations expand west Plantations expand west Slave population doubled to keep up with demand; price of slaves tripled Slave population doubled to keep up with demand; price of slaves tripled

What is it? Hint: used cotton

P ower Loom Created textiles 1000 times faster than traditional spinning wheel Spinning WheelSpinning JennyPower Loom Invented by Edmund Cartwright

Power Loom Effects Increased Northern textile production and demand for cotton Increased Northern textile production and demand for cotton Lowell Mills hires women who work for 12 ½ hours a day for $2.00 a week Lowell Mills hires women who work for 12 ½ hours a day for $2.00 a week America’s industrialization will increase exports = $ America’s industrialization will increase exports = $

Cotton/Textile Business New England South Cotton Production Textile Factories

What is it? Interchangeable Parts Invented by Eli Whitney… yes the Cotton Gin dude. Parts that are exactly the same

Effects of Interchangeable Parts Led to mass production and assembly lines Led to mass production and assembly lines Goods could be made faster and cheaper Goods could be made faster and cheaper Increased Factories and use Increased Factories and use of unskilled, low wage labor Weapons could kill more Weapons could kill more people faster

What is it? Steam Boat Invented by Robert Fulton steam turns turbines to propel boat

Effects of the Steam Boat *Increases transportation of goods and people; 12 mph upstream *Helped farmers get goods to market *Resulted in Canals such as Erie *North could sell goods to more people *Steam power would be used to create trains *Dependence on wood and coal increase

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Exit slip—sheet of paper! In 2 short paragraphs, explain what present-day technological innovation is the most important is to you. In 2 short paragraphs, explain what present-day technological innovation is the most important is to you. What are the BENEFITS? What are the BENEFITS? Explain how it benefits you, makes your life easier and any other ways this innovation is a must in your life. Explain how it benefits you, makes your life easier and any other ways this innovation is a must in your life. What are the COSTS? What are the COSTS? Also include what negative effects this invention has on your life and on society. Also include what negative effects this invention has on your life and on society.

Warm up #2 1/7/15 How did the invention of the cotton gin and power loom contribute to the growth of slavery? How did the invention of the cotton gin and power loom contribute to the growth of slavery?

What is it? Bessmer Steel process Bessmer Steel process Inventor: Bessmer Inventor: Bessmer Air is blown over super heated iron to remove impurities Air is blown over super heated iron to remove impurities

Effects of the Bessmer Steel process Creates a tough steel Creates a tough steel Skyscrapers are built Skyscrapers are built Urbanization increases Urbanization increases Railroads constructed that link the nation together Railroads constructed that link the nation together

What is it? Telegraph by Samuel Morse Telegraph by Samuel Morse sends short pulses of electricity along a wire that could be translated into letters sends short pulses of electricity along a wire that could be translated into letters

Effects of the Telegraph *Communication across the country was instantaneous *Created more national unity with a deeper sharing of news and regional culture *Telegraph lines blazed trails for future telephone lines

What is it? Deere’s steel plow and Mc Cormick’s reaper Deere’s steel plow and Mc Cormick’s reaper Plow: Broke up hard sod to plant Plow: Broke up hard sod to plant Reaper: Efficiently separated kernels of wheat from husk Reaper: Efficiently separated kernels of wheat from husk

Effects of the Plow and Reaper Hard sod of the Great Plains could be farmed Hard sod of the Great Plains could be farmed Food production doubled Food production doubled Encourages immigrants and the urban poor to move west to farm Encourages immigrants and the urban poor to move west to farm

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