North and South Chapter 14
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North and South
Chapter 14Text
① What effects did the cotton gin have?
② Who patented the telegraph?③ Name three industries in the
North.④ What were some of the major
agricultural products in the South?
Bell RingerUse the timeline and map
on 406-407.
Turn to page 420. Look at the Cotton
Production and Slavery graphs.
Answer the “Graph Skills” questions.
Bell Ringer
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
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
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
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
Cause Effect
-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
Turn to page 425.Look at the Southern Society in
1860 chart.Answer the questions under “Graphic Organizer Skills.”
Bell Ringer for Monday
North SouthWhites -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/resistance
-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
Turn to page 440.Read An American Profile-
Frederick Douglass.Answer the question with the reading.
Bell Ringer for Tuesday
• Immigrants moved to the US from
• England, Ireland, and Germany
• Nativists wanted to preserve the US for native born, white citizens
• Nativists:• Thought immigrants “stole”
lower paying jobs and created more crimes
• Distrusted Irish Catholics
• The Know-Nothing Party formed to oppose Catholics
and immigrants Text
Reforms, Abolition, and Women’s Rights
Chapter 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
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
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
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
Identify the following:1. John Deere2. Eli Whitney3. Know-Nothing Party4. Frederick Douglass5. William Lloyd Garrison
Bell Ringer for Wednesday
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
North SouthSome 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
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
-She helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention
Susan B. Anthony
-Traveled across the US speaking out for women’s rights
Seneca Falls Convention
-In NY, began the women’s rights movement-Called for equality at work, school, and church
New Education Opportunities
-New schools opened-Some colleges began admitting women
Keys in Women’s Rights