SG 4 Flashcards
The South was an agrarian society whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops on farmland.
Agrarian
Were horrific. They worked long hours outside in the hot summer and they were treated as property rather than human beings. Slaves resisted their conditions in both passive and overt ways. The wealth produced by this Agrarian society led to an aristocratic society where the majority of the wealth was held by a small group of white landowners.
Daily lives of slaves in the South
Their main export was cotton. The cotton gin made the processing of cotton fiber faster and led to the expansion of plantations and slavery to grow more cotton. The South transitioned from tobacco to cotton as the main cash crop and shifted the productivity and population from Virginia and the Carolinas down to Lousiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Eli Whitney invented interchangeable parts and the cotton gin.
The Southern Economy in the 1800s
Their main export was cotton. The cotton gin made the processing of cotton fiber faster and led to the expansion of plantations and slavery to grow more cotton. The South transitioned from tobacco to cotton as the main cash crop and shifted the productivity and population from Virginia and the Carolinas down to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Eli Whitney invented the interchangeable parts and the cotton gin.
The Southern Economy in the 1800s
Considered the cotton capital of the South
Memphis, TN
The North was an industrial society whose economy was based on manufacturing. _____ were people who invented useful devices in the Industrial Revolution.
Industrialists
Invented the telegraph.
Samuel Morse
Invented the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
Invented the sewing machine
Elias Home and Isaac Singer
Created the first steamboat
Robert Fulton
Created the first steam-powered locomotive.
Peter Cooper
A time when machines took the place of many hand tools. Much of the power once provided by people and horses began to be replaced, first by flowing water and then by steam engines. A consequence of industrialization was the deforestation and mineral extraction of the North
Industrial Revolution
Was a labor production model invented by Francis Cabot Lowell in Massachusetts in the 19th century. The system was designed so that every step of the manufacturing process was done under one roof and the work was was performed by young adult women instead of children or young men.
Lowell System
This Revolution began in Europe and was brought to the US by this man. He was an apprentice of Richard Arkwright, memorizing Arkwright’s designs of machines which he brought to the US.
Samuel Slater
Based on industrialism but also included lots of small farms. The factories relied on cheap, immigrant labor.
The Northern Economy in 1800s
Were both significant transportation improvements durineamg the industrial age. This was encouraged further with the infection of steamboats and locomotives.
National Road and Erie Canal
The reason to migrate to the US was because of a potato famine. They were discriminated against for taking American jobs and practicing Catholicism.
Irish Immigration
Reasons to migrate to the US were because of a failed revolution in their country. Most German immigrants had some wealth and could join the movement west into the Ohio River Valley.
German Immigration