northern and southern issues Flashcards
Issues Associated with Industrialism
working conditions, wages, unions strikes, child labor. Trade Unions
Travel and Transportation
the establishment of canals and the build of the railroad system give the North a distinct advantage regarding trade and travel.
Samuel Morse the Telegraph and Morse Code
Water travel new larger ships Clipper Ship allow the transport of goods and people. Communication
examples of Agriculture in the civil war
Technology Steel tipped plow John Deere
Mechanical Reaper
created by Cyrus mcromick
- which combined all the steps that earlier harvesting machines had performed separately. His time-saving invention allowed farmers to more than double their crop size and spurred innovations in farm machinery.
Thresher
McCormick (separate grain from the stalk)
African Americans in th North
while most Northern states ban slavery there is strong prejudice and discrimination against African Americans.
Separate education, health care, cannot vote.
Fugitive Slave Laws
allow escaped to be returned to owners.
Western immigration rises
Irish, English, Scandinavian.
Know Nothing Party-
against immigration, support temperance, separation of church and state.
South
Cotton and Agriculture
effect on cotton
Cotton become “king” industry as technology impacts Cotton Farming Eli Whitney Cotton Gin Increase in Labor- Slavery explodes – need more workers to pick.
plantation
largest measure by acreage and the number of slaves owned. Slavery sees the development of American African Culture
Underground Railroad
the term for routes used by slaves to escape to free areas Sojourner Truth. Reformation
Temperance
against production and sale of alcohol.
