Industrial Revolution

The Textile Industry

• The demand for clothing grew during this period
• Many factories were built to produce textile faster
• The factories had awful working conditions
• They employed a lot of children

THE INDUSTRIAL NORTH

• Was made up of mainly factories
• Greater manufacturing power
• No slaves or plantations
• The people favored tariffs on European goods
• Favored a strong national government

THE AGRICULTURAL SOUTH

• Made up of mostly farms and plantations
• Slavery was legal in the South
• Opposed tariffs that raised prices on European goods
• Most of the population was sectionalists
• Favored state rights

COTTON GIN

• Revolutionized the separation of cotton
• Invented by Eli Whitney
• Lead to the growth of slavery in the South
• Cotton was the main cash crop in the south

PRESIDENT MADISON'S THREE POINTS

• Developing transportation systems and internal improvements
• Establishing a protective tariff
• Resureacting a new national bank

TRANSPORTATION

• Boats ran through canals and rivers
• Steam powered boats and locomotives played a big role
• The first railway was made during this time

COMMUNICATION

• The telegraph was invented
• The first telegraph is sent in 1837
• Telegraph cables laid across the Atlantic

BANKING

• Factory systems were dependant on mangers
• Stock exchange was eventually founded
• The banks industrially rose and prospered

SOUTHERN ECONOMY

• Was devoted to farming and cultivating the land
• Was a lot weaker then the North
• More work was done in factories then on farms

NORTHERN ECONOMY

• A lot more profit was made in the North
• It was faster to make goods in a factory then a farm
• There were more trading ports for goods
• The North could mass produce goods more efficiently

SLAVERY

• Women and kids worked in factories
• Men did the hard labor
• Slaves worked with cotton on the plantations

Trading

• Traded raw materials with other countries
• The U.S needed goods from Britain
• Britain needed goods from the U.S
• U.S needs the materials from Britain to manufacture goods

TECHNOLOGY

• New machines were invented:
• Sewing machines to speed up clothing productiom
• Telegraph
• Steam boat and steam train

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