1. Industrialization: Growth of North and South
Unit 9
Industrialization: Growth of North and South

2. Factory System products could be produced faster and cheaper
Hire low waged workers

3. Growth of Industry
Railroads – the invention of the steam engine led to modern railroads and trains;
railroad construction boomed in the mid-19th century;
Asian immigration built railroads on West coast

4. Bessemer Steel Process
the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel
It decreased the cost which allowed increase in steel production and work force.
Henry Bessemer is from Alabama
More info on Wiki

5. Mechanical Reaper
A mechanical reaper or reaping machine is a mechanical, semi-automated device that harvests crops
Mechanical reapers are an important part of agriculture activity
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6. Interchangeable Parts – Eli Whitney
parts for devices were made to be nearly identical so that they could fit into any device of the same type
allows easy assembly of new devices and efficient repair of existing devices

7. Steam Engine – Robert Fulton
First major invention of the new america
Turn of the century invention
Uses: travel upstream
Mainly used on the Mississippi River

8. Erie Canal (1825) man-made waterways used for travel and/or shipping
Water route between NY city and Buffalo
The Canal spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers

9. Morse Code – Samuel Morse (Telegraph)
Communicated information over a large area
Before telephone invention
Used Morse Code to transfer information
Still used today
Code Talker
TheOffice – Morse Code Prank
Gmail Tap

10. Eli Whitney and Cotton Gin
Increased cleaning of cotton seeds and production
Went from 1lb of cotton a day to 50 lb’s a day
WHY: increased production, more $$, more cotton crops, MORE SLAVES
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11. Slavery Expands
Because of the cotton gin and the expansion of cottons fields
MORE $ is made from cotton and therefore plantations are more powerful and more slaves are needed

12. Laissez-Faire (Adam Smith)
Laissez-faire – the belief that the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect private property rights and to maintain peace
Adam Smith – creator of modern economics pushed this concept

13. War of 1812 Effects: The USS gained a measure of international respect
Improved the professionalism of the US Army
British blockade of the American coast created a shortage of cotton cloth
, leading to the creation of a cotton-manufacturing industry
Original White House burned

14. Free Enterprise less dependence on foreign products
Population has the chance to create businesses, therefore jobs

15. Characteristics of Industrialism
Factory System
Popu Shift to Cities
Inventions
Expansion of Slavery
Reform Movements
Immigration
Factory System
Population shift to cities
Inventions
 Expansion of Slavery
Reform Movements
Immigration

16. Economic ($) Factors Lead to…
Industrialization
Plentiful Natural Resources
inventions
investment capital ($$)
Urbanization
improved transportation

17. Urbanization
the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people
cities grow
Pollution (problem)
Social class issues ($)

18. Industrialization
a society’s movement of population and resources from farm production to manufacturing
Mechanical reaper
Cotton gin
Bessemer process

19. Venn Diagram Transportation – canals, RR, steamboat
Purpose is to compare and contrast to subjects
Changes in:
Transportation
Communication
Transportation – canals, RR, steamboat
Communication – Telegraph,

20. Population Density
Low
medium
High

21. nationalism
Feeling of pride, loyalty and protectiveness toward your country
WHY: people were proud to be americans and were confident