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1 Antebellum Life

2 Cotton Gin Before- Slavery was on the decline
After – resurgence in demand for slavery Indian Removal Act opened up gulf states to cotton production and plantation slavery What does it do? Separates cotton from seeds “Cotton is King”

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5 Immigration 1840-1860 Irish and German immigrants Push factors
European Caste System Old World population increase Pull factors Land to farm Factories Low taxes Steamships – travel days

6 Immigration Continued
Potato famine in Ireland NY largest city Menial labor for little pay

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8 Hostility towards Immigrants
Nativism Hostility towards immigrants by native born Feared competition for jobs Feared Catholic influence NINA Tammany Hall American Party – “Know-Nothings” Violence

9 The Lowell Mills Cotton-to-cloth production
Recruited young New England Girls Lowell Girls Company boarding houses 80 hours a week, 6 days a week 5am-7pm

10 Samuel Morse John Deere
Steel blade plow Telegraph “Morse Code”

11 Cyrus McCormick Mechanical Reaper Single farmer – work of five men
Small – large markets

12 Transportation National Road Steamboat Robert Fulton Erie Canal

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