1. The North Transformed
Chapter 7.2

2. Northern Cities
Industrial jobs encouraged many to migrate to the city (urbanization)

3. Northern Cities
Industrial jobs encouraged many to migrate to the city (urbanization)
Cities were unsanitary and overcrowded

4. Northern Cities
Industrial jobs encouraged many to migrate to the city (urbanization)
Cities were unsanitary and overcrowded
Disease, crime and fire posed constant threats to city-dwellers

5. The Growth of Northern Industry
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph- machine that sent messages through wire using electronic pulses

6. The Growth of Northern Industry
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph- machine that sent messages through wire using electronic pulses

7. The Growth of Northern Industry
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph- machine that sent messages through wire using electronic pulses
Better farm equipment enable farmers to plant and harvest more crops

8. The Growth of Northern Industry
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph- machine that sent messages through wire using electronic pulses
Better farm equipment enable farmers to plant and harvest more crops
Transportation Revolution

9. The Growth of Northern Industry
Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph- machine that sent messages through wire using electronic pulses
Better farm equipment enable farmers to plant and harvest more crops
Transportation Revolution

10. Waves of Immigrants
Between , over 4 million immigrants came to the U.S.
Mostly Irish (famine) and Germans (political unrest)

11. Waves of Immigrants
Between , over 4 million immigrants came to the U.S.
Mostly Irish (famine) and Germans (political unrest)
Nativists disliked the new cultures the economic threat presented by immigrants
Formed a political party called the Know-Nothings

12. African Americans in the North
Often faced discrimination
Could not vote, or work certain jobs
Segregation
African Americans establish their own businesses and institutions