1. Americas 3 Growing Regions

2. Americas Three Growing Regions
New England (North)
Mid-West
South
Produces:
What is the Factory System? (pg. 325)
Why was New England an ideal place for factories? (pg. 326) 1. 2. 3.
(pg. 329) The growth of North Eastern Textiles mills increased demand for:
What did John Deere invent?( pg.325)
What effect did this have on the Midwest? (pg. 329)
What did Cyrus McCormick Invent (pg.329)
(pg. 329) With this new farm equipment Midwestern farmers:
And in turn Midwestern Farmers became a market for
What was the name of Eli Whitney’s influential invention in 1793? (pg. 332)
What did it do?
How did it effect life in the South? (pg. 333) 4.

3. Main Idea:
The invention of new technology greatly changed the way people lived their lives.
These changes brought America closer together (Nationalism) through economic forces.

4. Connect the Content
How did the War of 1812 lead America to the Industrial Revolution? (pg. 326)

5. Americas 3 Growing Regions
New England Mid West South
Produces:
Textiles in Factories

6. New England (North) What is the Factory System?
Brings workers and machines together in same place
Introduces wages, time clocks to change the lives of Americans

7. New England (North) Why was New England an ideal place for factories
Water- provides power for factories
Transportation- ships & ocean access
Labor- willing workers (whole families, esp. children)

9. New England (North) The growth of North Eastern Textiles mills increased demand for:
Southern Cotton

10. Americas 3 Growing Regions
New England Mid West South
Produces:
Textiles in Factories
Produces:
Food on Farms

11. Mid-West What did invent?
The Steel Plow

12. Mid-West What effect did this have on the Midwest?
Farmers move to the Midwest & Food production improves

13. Mid-West What did Cyrus McCormick Invent?
Mechanical Reaper & Thresher

14. Mid-West With this new farm equipment Midwestern farmers:
Grew food to fed Northern Factory Workers
And in turn Midwestern Farmers became a market for
North Eastern Manufactured Goods

15. Americas 3 Growing Regions
New England Mid West South
Produces:
Textiles in Factories
Produces:
Food on Farms
Produces:
Cotton on Plantations

16. The South What was the name of Eli Whitney’s influential invention in 1793?

17. The South What did it do?
Made the process of cleaning cotton far more efficient

18. The South How did it effect life in the South?
Starts a vast movement of cotton fields westward
Cotton exports grow and its value grows
Native Americans lose more land to make room for cotton fields
Dependence on Slave labor grows

20. Influential Inventions
The Steamboat
Transportation:

21. Influential Inventions
The Telegraph
Communication:

22. 2 Major Effects of these inventions
1. They make the movement of people, goods and ideas easier, faster, and cheaper. 2. Leads to better connections between the regions.

23. Effects of Geography

24. Effects of Geography
North East: Soil: Rocky soil – hard to grow large crops Weather: Cold and snowy winters

25. Effects of Geography
South: Soil: Rich Soil – great for planting Weather: Hot with long summers – Great for Cotton

26. Effects of Geography
Mid West: Soil: Rich Soil & flat land -Great for large scale farming Weather: Warm summers and mild rain fall