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Period of rapid growth in manufacturing and production
The Industrial Revolution Period of rapid growth in manufacturing and production Interchangeable Parts POPULATION: Cities began to grow due to job opportunities Mass Production Eli Whitney
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Transportation Revolution
Shipping: Steamboat Robert Fulton’s Clermont Reduced time and cost!!
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Transportation Revolution
Railroad: Steam-powered locomotive Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb Reduced time and cost!!
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Plantation System Economy Based on Agriculture
Commonly grew Cash Crops:
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Slaves = cheapest labor source!
Slaves lived & worked on plantations Different jobs (skilled, unskilled, field hands, house servants, etc.)
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Cotton Back Then….. Labor Intensive!
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Made cotton very profitable
Cotton Gin Cotton Gin 1793 Made cotton very profitable Eli Whitney
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Cotton Gin Increased the need for slaves!!!
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion
God told him to start a rebellion! 40+ Slaves killed South Hampton County, Virginia Hundreds of innocent slaves were killed trying to stop the rebellion 50+ Whites 1 day Nat Turner
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Southern states passed laws to restrict African Americans PANIC!
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Maryland Immigration of free Negroes was forbidden No free Negro was allowed to own arms Slaves and free Negroes were permitted to have religious services only with whites No foodstuff or tobacco was to be bought from any Negro North Carolina Forbidden for free Negroes and slaves to preach – 39 lashes If a Free Negro had a fine and could not pay for it he would be sold as a slave for the lowest bid at auction South Carolina Free Negroes could not make or sell spirituous liquors Alabama Anyone who attempted to teach any Negro to spell, read, or write was to be fined not less than $250, nor more than $500 Persons circulating or publishing pamphlets, etc, among the slaves shall suffer death Illegal for 5 male slaves to congregate off their plantation without their master No free Negro was to settle in Alabama in 1832 – 39 lashes and to be sold as a slave thereafter Free Negroes were not to trade or associate with slaves without written permission from the master
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