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Chapter 7 SECTION 3&4
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Chapter 7 Section 3 2 events helped to bring industrialization -Embargo Act of 1807 -War of 1812 Replacement of humans with machines, first using water power (mills), then steam James Watt – improved the steam engine in the late 1700s
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Factories and Cities Pawtucket, RI – first textile mill in America (Slater violated British law by bringing plans to US) Lowell, Mass. – center of Industrialization Most workers were young women (mill girls) Long hours, hard work, restrictions Industrialization in north led to creation of cities
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Primary Document Reading on Hamilton Manufacturing Company Answer Questions
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Transportation Needed to transport materials to factories and products to market – see map of early roads and canals 1811 – National Road, completed in 1841 (MD to IL) 800 miles long Erie Canal – 1825, 363 miles – connected Great Lakes with Hudson River (Atlantic), Helped NYC grow In 15 years, 3,000 miles of canals built Fulton – first successful steamboat service (1807)
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Railroad and Telegraph Railroad – first passenger service in 1831, by 1840, 3,000 miles of railroad tracks, advantages over canals Communication – Samuel F.B. Morse patented telegraph in 1840 allowed for instant communication
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Chapter 7 Section 4 Cotton gin – invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 Helped expand slavery Cotton easier to clean, needed to grow more Small farmers & plantations expanded and turned LA, MS, AL into King Cotton/Cotton Belt Number of slaves 1 million in 1810, 2.5 million by 1840 Only ¼ of white families in south owned slaves and most owned fewer than 20
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Primary Document Read Farewell From a Virginia Slave Answer questions
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North Could not count on cash crops for industry, had to focus on manufacturing Northwest (IL, IN, WI) focused on one or two crops to sell to city markets, most profitable and did not require slaves Slavery began to die out in North due to economic and social changes
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South South viewed slavery as necessary and sanctioned by religion Many in the North viewed it as illegal and/or evil Sectionalism was growing in the U.S. over economic and social differences.
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