1. October 30, 2017
APUSH, University High

2. COLLECT HOMEWORK!

3. APUSH Time Period 4, Give Me Liberty! Chapter 9
The Market Revolution
APUSH Time Period 4, Give Me Liberty! Chapter 9

4. Opening Review Question
What was the ‘market revolution’?

5. Technological/Transportation Innovation Jigsaw Activity
4 groups: Cumberland Road ( ), Washington Steamboat (1816), Erie Canal (1825), Morse’s Telegraph (1844). In your groups, answer the following questions:
What inspired this particular innovation?
What made this new transportation system or invention so innovative?
In what ways did this new innovation impact the economy?

6. Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney (Yale grad) invented the cotton gin while tutoring in Georgia
Greatly expedited the process of removing seeds from raw cotton
Lost a lot of money in legal battles over the cotton gin’s patent
Also credited with inventing interchangeable parts (muskets)

7. How does a cotton gin work?

8. Effects of the Cotton Gin
Read the document and answer the following:
What statistic from the document surprises you the most? Why?
Explain how the cotton gin contributed to the rise of slavery.
How did the cotton industry increase differences between how communities were organized in the north and the south?

9. Eric Foner Video on Cotton Production
Why does Foner state that cotton was “the most dynamic element of the American economy at this time”?
In what ways did northerners benefit from cotton production?
Who benefitted the most from cotton production?

10. Wrap-Up Question
In what ways did innovations in technology and transportation influence the U.S. economy in the early nineteenth century? (Give 2 examples, explained)