1. Cotton Gin Made cotton easier to produce
Cleans the cotton, pulls out seeds and thorns
Eli Whitney
Used in the south, cotton plantations

2. Economic & Slavery Consequences of Cotton Gin
More cotton production
Slaves more valuable, price goes up for slaves
Needed more to pick more cotton because cotton gin made it easier and quicker to clean it
Solidifies slavery in the south
South = RICH!!! $$$$$$$

3. Cultural Consequences of Cotton Gin
Increased slavery
Strained race relations even more
Solidifies white superiority economically and socially

4. Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney: creator
Revolutionized (changed) the way we manufacture products
Parts made separately, made uniform parts
Screws, gears, brackets

5. Erie Canal NYC becomes #1 port Connected interior to Atlantic Ocean
Irish immigrants built it
Manmade
Still used
Price of goods lowered because TIME IS $$$$$

6. Lowell Mill
Cotton from the south sent to the north (shipping along the Miss River, eerie canal)
Turn cotton into thread, turn thread into fabric
First factory
Women, young girls
Lived on the property, paid rent to Lowell factory owner
Clothing industry booms
Gave women a voice
North and south relationship strained

7. Telegraph New way of communication, over 50,000 of telegraph lines
Morse code
Dots and dashes
Connects north and south
Invented by Samuel F.B. Morse
Messages could now be communicated almost instantly

8. Railroads Transcontinental Railroad connects east to west coast
Immigrants made up main labor force of railroad, specifically from China and Ireland (potato famine)…harsh conditions, little regard for their safety or accommodations
Tracks met at Promontory, Utah in 1869
Time is $...made price of goods cheaper if they can get to consumer faster…move things that spoil fasters as well…towns and cities grow in pop.

9. Steam Boat Time is $ Robert Fulton, 1807 Transport more goods at once
Bad for environment (but they didn’t care back then)
Still used today
Stronger ship to go against current

10. Henry Clay’s American System
Expand US Manufacturing:
Tariffs to protect business
A national bank to help trade
Internal improvements (roads and canals)

11. Sectionalism
The regional differences between different parts of the country
Developed by the economy that the region is known for
North = manufacturing
South = cash crop agriculture
Midwest = breadbasket agriculture
West = ranching