1. Before we get started…
Name one piece of technology you couldn’t live without. How do you think the world would be different if that technology had never been invented?

2. Now…
Can you see how technology can change the world? Lets look at how Georgia was affected by technology.

3. FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS
Fold your paper “hotdog” style with words facing inward
Now fold one side in along second line
Crease it, then open it back up
Repeat Step 2 with the opposite side
You should now have a rectangle with 3 equal boxes. Label each box as follows.
The Cotton Gin
The Mechanical Reaper
Transportation & Railroads

4. Mr. Thompson 8th Grade GA Studies
Technology and Growth
Mr. Thompson
8th Grade GA Studies

5. Eli Whitney Schoolteacher/inventor of cotton gin
Where did the idea come from?
Mrs. Catherine Greene Miller
Eli’s friend
Wished there was a faster way to separate cotton seeds from the cotton

7. The Cotton Engine Shortened to “gin” Impact Before After
1 worker = 6-7lbs processed cotton per day
After
1 worker = 50+lbs processed cotton per day

8. Cotton Production Skyrockets

9. Unintended Impacts of the Cotton Gin
Increased profitability of farms
Increased need for slaves

10. Mechanical Reaper Cyrus McCormick- 1831
Spinning wooden paddles pulled behind horse cut grain
Impact
could harvest six times more grain than a single man with a scythe
Made harvesting large areas possible
Unintended Impacts
Larger farms
Greater demand for land

11. Production was increasing, transportation needed to evolve
Stage coaches and horseback
“turnpikes”- early highways
Freight shipped on rivers
Ferries
Riverboats
Production was increasing, transportation needed to evolve

12. Evolution of the Railroads
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Ran from Chattanooga, TN to “Terminus”
Terminus renamed to Atlanta
Impact
passengers and freight could cover more land more quickly
Increased profitability

13. Food for Thought
With land being in such high demand, what are some other problems Georgia may encounter?