What effects did the cotton gin have? Who patented the
telegraph? Name three industries in the North. What were some of
the major agricultural products in the South? Bell Ringer Use the
timeline and map on 406-407.
Slide 3
Turn to page 420. Look at the Cotton Production and Slavery
graphs. Answer the Graph Skills questions. Bell Ringer
Slide 4
Cause: Elias Howe patented the sewing machine. Effect: Workers
could produce clothing much faster. Cause: John Deere developed the
light-weight steel plow. Effect: Faster moving horses could pull
the plow. New Inventions
Slide 5
Cause: Samuel F. B. Morse patented the telegraph. Effect: News
could travel to different parts of the country in a few minutes.
Cause: An English family developed the steam- powered locomotive.
Effect: The locomotive could travel at thirty miles per hour. New
Inventions
Slide 6
Cause: By the 1850s, the North had thousands of miles of
railroad track. Effect: Railroads connected far off places and
increased commerce in the US. Cause: American clipper ships were
developed in the 1840s. Effect: The United States international
commerce increased. New Inventions and the Northern Economy
Slide 7
Cause: Northern factories began using steam power instead of
water power. Effect: Factories could be built anywhere. Effect (2):
The new machines lowered production costs. New Inventions and the
Northern Economy
Slide 8
CauseEffect -The South could grow enough cotton to meet demand
-Removing cotton seeds by hand was a very slow process -Eli Whitney
invented the cotton gin that could separate seeds from the fibers
-The cotton gin led to a boom in cotton production and a boom in
northern industries -Planters had to find new land to cultivate
-Slavery spread further throughout the South -The South was an
agricultural society and slaves bought few goods -Demand for
manufactured goods in the South was not as great as in the North
-Southern industry remained small-The South depended on the North
and Europe for most of its manufactured goods Cotton Kingdom in the
South
Slide 9
Turn to page 425. Look at the Southern Society in 1860 chart.
Answer the questions under Graphic Organizer Skills. Bell Ringer
for Monday
Slide 10
Slide 11
NorthSouth Whites -Factory owners -Artisans-skilled workers
-Business owners -Factory workers -Wealthy planter-owned more than
20 slaves -Small farmer-about 75% of white society -Poor
farmer-rented land they worked Working conditions -Long hours
-Families worked together -Dangerous machines -Varied by plantation
-Slaves worked up to 16 hours per day -Small farmers worked along
with their slaves Efforts to improve conditions/r esistance -Trade
unions formed -Strikes -Women treated different from men -Slaves
broke tools, destroyed crops, and stole food -Slaves tried to
escape African Americans -Could not vote -No equal rights -Some
were successful -Faced slave codes-could not: -Gather in grps. of
more than 3 -Own guns -Learn to read or write
Slide 12
Turn to page 440. Read An American Profile- Frederick Douglass.
Answer the question with the reading. Bell Ringer for Tuesday
Slide 13
Immigrants moved to the US from Immigrants moved to the US from
England, Ireland, and Germany England, Ireland, and Germany
Nativists wanted to preserve the US for native born, white citizens
Nativists wanted to preserve the US for native born, white citizens
Nativists: Nativists: Thought immigrants stole lower paying jobs
and created more crimes Thought immigrants stole lower paying jobs
and created more crimes Distrusted Irish Catholics Distrusted Irish
Catholics The Know-Nothing Party formed to oppose Catholics and
immigrants The Know-Nothing Party formed to oppose Catholics and
immigrants Text
Slide 14
Reforms, Abolition, and Womens Rights Chapter 15
Slide 15
Men, women, and children were crammed together Debtors were
kept in prison Dorothea Dix called for reforms: The mentally ill
were put in hospitals New prisons built Cruel punishments banned
Debtors not treated as criminals Hospital and Prison Reforms
Slide 16
Alcohol was available in many places Women led the way in
reforms Some groups urged people to drink less Some states banned
the sale of alcohol Temperance
Slide 17
MA was the first state with free public education States built
new schools and made school year longer By the 1850s, most northern
states had free elementary schools Some African Americans founded
schools for themselves Some people opened schools for students with
disabilities Education Reforms
Slide 18
Quakers taught that slavery was evil Abolitionists wanted to
end slavery Frederick Douglass-escaped slavery and founded an
anti-slavery newspaper=North Star William Lloyd Garrison-white
abolitionist who published an influential paper=The Liberator
Abolition
Slide 19
Identify the following: 1. John Deere 2. Eli Whitney 3.
Know-Nothing Party 4. Frederick Douglass 5. William Lloyd Garrison
Bell Ringer for Wednesday
Slide 20
The Underground Railroad Network of routes, homes, and churches
used to help slaves escape to the North Harriet Tubman-escaped
slave who helped more than 300 slaves escape
Slide 21
NorthSouth Some feared losing southern cotton Slave owners
claimed slaves were better off than factory workers Workers feared
free African Americans would take their jobs Southerners believed
slavery was essential to the economy Reasons for Opposing
Abolition
Slide 22
Elizabeth Cady Stanton -She helped organize the Seneca Falls
Convention Susan B. Anthony -Traveled across the US speaking out
for womens rights Seneca Falls Convention -In NY, began the womens
rights movement -Called for equality at work, school, and church
New Education Opportunities -New schools opened -Some colleges
began admitting women Keys in Womens Rights