1. By Kristin Beinhart Jake Hyman Ian Sunwoo Blair Broad
The Northern Section
By Kristin Beinhart
Jake Hyman
Ian Sunwoo
Blair Broad

3. Setting the Scene
Americans became more aware of the fact that their nation could possibly be divided into 2 sections:
North and South

4. REGIONS OF THE NORTHERN SECTION
*Northern section consisted of 2 main parts*

5. Northeast Region Composed of: New England New York New Jersey
Pennsylvania

6. Northwest Territory A.k.a Old Northwest
Area north and west of Ohio region
Composed of:
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Part of Minnesota

7. Farming in Old Northwest
Had highly fertile prairie
Ideal for growing:
Corn
Wheat
And other grains
John Deere came up with a new invention
Cyrus McCormick’s mechanical reaper also developed in the 1830’s also made harvesting grains less labor-intensive and thus more profitable.

8. Farmers faced a common problem of keeping the harvested crops from becoming spoiled.
The solution was to use up the crops as fast as possible.
They used corn as feed for pigs
Pigs provided not only meat, but also fat for making soap and bristles for making brushes.
Crops were also sold to brewers and distillers for making beer and whiskey (which was easy to store).

9. Specialized businesses arose to handle the processing, including:
Slaughter houses
Distilleries
Shipping companies
Banks
Cincinnati, for example, developed into a hog processing center
Fun Fact: since then, Cincinnati became known as “Porkopolis”.
Farmers were able to sell their goods because of the Transportation Revolution.

10. Industries of the Northeast
Most people in the Northeast still live in rural areas
However, during early 1800’s , the urban area’s population increased and the rural area’s population decreased.
Industrialization increased rapidly in the Northeast.
By 1850, more people in Connecticut worked in manufacturing than in farming.

11. The Growth of Cities Young Workers
Farming opportunities were limited because population had outgrown the available land.
Many moved west but thousands went to the cities of Northeast
Rush to the cities in the early 1800’s boosted the urban population.
By the 1830’s, a growing number of urban poor people lived in areas with cheap, run-down housings.
Tenements- crowded apartments with poor standards of sanitation, safety, and comfort.
* the city could not handle the rapid population growth
- in 1832 and 1833, thousands of people died from drinking contaminated water.
-Still the city continued to grow

13. Labor Disputes in Factories
Workers Go on Strike
Workers became angry about the fact that their working hours were long and their pays were low
Strike- work stoppage
The First Labor Unions
In 1834, workers organized the first national labor union
Labor Union- an organization of workers formed to protect the interests of its members, usually by negotiating to resolve issues concerning wages, hiring practices, and working conditions
The early unions soon died out

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