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Economic Development in Different Regions of the United States

Explore how the three regions of the United States (North, South, and West) developed economically, including the effects of key inventions in the 1800s. Discuss the economic impact, societal changes, and the expansion of industries in each region.

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Economic Development in Different Regions of the United States

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  1. 1. 2. Warm Up #5 1/20/17 Explain how each of the three different regions of the United States developed economically.

  2. Inventions of the 1800’s Invention How it works Effects on society

  3. What is it? Cotton Gin Invented by Eli Whitney How it works Made cleaning cotton 50 times faster How will it change the nation?

  4. Effects of Cotton Gin • Increased cotton production = more southern wealth and power • Plantations expand west • Slave population doubled to keep up with demand; price of slaves tripled

  5. What is it? Hint: used cotton Power Loom

  6. How it works Created textiles 1000 times faster than traditional spinning wheel Invented by Edmund Cartwright Spinning Wheel Spinning Jenny Power Loom

  7. Power Loom Effects • Increased Northern textile production and demand for cotton • **Lowell Mills hires women who work for 12 ½ hours a day for $2.00 a week • America’s industrialization will increase exports = $

  8. Cotton/Textile Business New England Textile Factories South Cotton Production

  9. How it works What is it? Interchangeable Parts Invented by Eli Whitney… yes the Cotton Gin dude. Parts that are exactly the same for easy assembly and replacement

  10. Effects of Interchangeable Parts • Led to mass productionand assembly lines • Goods are made faster and cheaper (more efficient) • Factory jobs for immigrants and the urban poor • unskilled, low wage labor

  11. Top Modern-Day Inventions Anti-bioticsUSA, UK Debit card Germany, USA ComputerUK, USA Internet USA AutomobileGermany Microwave USA Cell phones Japan, USA e-mail USA digital camera USA compact disk Japan GPSUSA Television Germany BatteriesItaly Fast food USA Video games UK, USA Air Conditioner USA HelicopterFrance Cinema France Contact lenses Czech Republic Remote control Serbia

  12. Exit slip—sheet of paper! • In 2 short paragraphs, explain what present-day technological innovation is the most important is to you. • What are the BENEFITS? • Explain how it benefits you, makes your life easier and any other ways this innovation is a must in your life. • What are the COSTS? • Also include what negative effects this invention has on your life and on society.

  13. Warm up #6 1/24/17 • How did this invention contribute to the expansion of the plantation system in the South? • How did this invention help promote industrialization in the North?

  14. What is it? Steam Boat Invented by Robert Fulton How it works steam turns turbines to propel boat

  15. Effects of the Steam Boat *Transportation of goods and peoplebecomes more efficient; 12 mph upstream *Helped farmers get goods to market *North could sell goods to more people *Resulted in Canals such as the Erie Canal *Growth of cities along rivers and canals *Steam power would be used to create trains *Dependence on wood and coal increase

  16. What is it? • Bessmer Steel process • Inventor: Bessmer How it works • Air is blown over super heated iron to remove impurities

  17. Effects of the Bessmer Steel process • Creates a tough steel • Skyscrapers are built • Railroads constructed that link the nation together • **Urbanizationincreases

  18. What is it? • Telegraph by Samuel Morse How it works • sends short pulses of electricity along a wire that could be translated into letters

  19. Effects of the Telegraph *Communication across the country was instantaneous *Created more national unity with a deeper sharing of newsand regional culture *Telegraph lines blazed trails for future telephone lines

  20. What is it? • Deere’s steel plow and Mc Cormick’s reaper • Plow: Broke up hard sod to plant • Reaper: Efficiently separated kernels of wheat from husk

  21. Effects of the Plow and Reaper • Hard sod of the Great Plains could be farmed • Food production doubled • **Encourages immigrants and the urban poor to move west to farm

  22. Advertisement for your invention! • Imagine you are an inventor who is trying to sell your product. Create an advertisement that includes: • Name of your invention • How much you are selling it for • How it works • How it’s going to change people’s lives

  23. Warm Up #5 1/20/17 Write N for North, W for West, or S for South. Some may have more than one answer. __1. Low price of Western land __6. Opposed tariffs __2. High price of Western land __7. Exported goods __3. Hired labor __8. Commercial farming __4. Slave labor __9. Subsistence farming __5. Supported tariffs __10. Interest in own region

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