US Regions and Economy

US Regions and Economy STD 11.2.6 Objective: identify geographic advantages and their role in America's emergence as an economic/industrial power

APK • Are certain areas better to create certain items? • Ag • Cattle • Manufacturing

Importance • U.S. industry needed international trade during the late 1800s and early 1900s to • A. obtain spare parts for railroad cars and steamships. • B. obtain raw materials and sell more goods to new markets. • C. keep the United States dollar on the gold standard. • D. provide American consumers with a choice of products.

Civil War • Civil War changed way life • South • Agriculture – excellent soil for growing • Slave based economy • No taxes on goods • North • Manufacturing – poor soil for growing • Immigrants work for little pay • Tax foreign goods CFU: What was the economy of the North? What was the economy of the South? Pair Share Explain which region was better fit to produce on a large scale?

South • Agriculture stays on top • No standard for railroads • Different gages track so trains stop at your track • Mechanization of farm equipment • Less farmers produce more • Less need for farmers – small farms close CFU: What was the economy of the South? Pair Share How does a lack of railroads hinder the South? Explain the role mechanization plays in industrialization.

North • Increased manufacturing • Transportation through rails • Raw materials are abundant • Cities grow • Incoming farmers • Immigrants • Steel production • Causes cities to grow (up – skyscraper, elevator) CFU: What was the economy of the North? Pair Share How do the railroads help the North? Explain a problem that the North has with industrialization.

North • Mass production causes: • Need for new markets • Surplus of goods (overproduction) • Cheap goods CFU: What was the North’s main problem? Pair Share How has industrialization in the North shaped America to what it has become today?

Midwest • Indian Problems • Settlers fight for land (believe it is theirs because they are white) • Forcefully move Indians to reservations • Assimilation of Indians • Demand for Beef • After Civil War demand for beef increased • Open plains of Midwest was perfect place CFU: What was the economy of the Midwest? Pair Share How would open space create and lead to specialization for the Midwest?

Midwest • Cattle • Chicago, Kansas City, St Louis, Omaha became ending point for cattle • Railroads allowed easy shipping • Freezer rail cars • Butchered and sent to the East and West • Farms • Settlers come by rails • Drawn to region by land grants by government • Focus on grain & corn • Oil CFU: What was the main draw for farmers and immigrants? How did Railroads help farmers? Pair Share Do you see a possible problem between farmers and Railroads?

West • Railroads • Draw settlers to new areas • Silver and Gold • Adventure • Farming CFU: What was the economy of the West? Pair Share What is the main draw to the West?

Railroads • Increased production • Raw materials • Finished products • Consumers themselves • Steel • Jobs, oil, workers CFU: How do railroads effect or change industrialization?

Urban Cities • Dense population • Provide workers for factories • New problems • Crime, sanitation, housing CFU: How did cities effect or change industrialization?

Closure • U.S. industry needed international trade during the late 1800s and early 1900s to • A. obtain spare parts for railroad cars and steamships. • B. obtain raw materials and sell more goods to new markets. • C. keep the United States dollar on the gold standard. • D. provide American consumers with a choice of products.

Closure • Which of the following industrial developments launched the United States as a major industrial power by sharpening the techniques and skills that managers needed to run other large businesses? • A telephones • B railroads • C labor unions • D electric lights

Closure • More than any other invention, the development of __________ led to increased economic and industrial growth in the United States. • A the steam engine • B railroads • C kerosene • D electric lighting

Closure • The immense U.S. industrial boom, in the early Twentieth Century, could be attributed to __________. • A a growing urban population • B government support for businesses • C an abundance of natural resources • D All of the above

Closure • One of the reasons the United States emerged as an industrial power was the new readily available natural resource operations located in the __________. • A North • B South • C West • D East

Closure • Which of the following was responsible for the United States to industrialize rapidly by giving industry a large work force? • A immigration • B emigration • C health insurance • D labor unions

Closure • The use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit • A. telephone and telegraph operators. • B. railroad companies and train travelers. • C. manufacturers who dealt in interstate trade. • D. factory owners whose workers had set schedules.

US Regions and Economy