Economy of the North and South

What was the economy of the north based on?

• Industry/Major Agriculture

• Shipbuilding

• Industry/Minor Agriculture

• Fishing

What was the economy of the south based on?

• Whaling

• Slave Trade/Major Agriculture

• Slave trade/Minor Agriculture

• Factories

What machine most impacted the south?

• The steel plow

• Interchangeable Parts

• The Reaper

• Cotton Gin

Who made the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Richard Awkright

• John Deere

Why did slavery resurge?

• Water Frame; more water needed to be pumped

• Cotton gin; more needed to be harvested out of fields

• Reaper: More planting

• Steel Plown more building

Who was the inventor of the Water Frame?

• John Smith

• Cyrus McCormick

• Richard Awkright

• Eli Whitney

What was used for cutting corn and wheat faster

• Reaper

• Cotton Gin

• Plow

• Steamboat

Think: Why did the industrial revolution help America?

• The United States doubled in size

• The United States won respect from other nations

• Helped the U.S market and made everyday things easier

• The United States declared independence

Why did the industrial revolution distort America

• Nations Attacked the United States

• Slavery grew

• The U.S was destroyed

• The United States lost money

What invention was an innovation to The Spinning Jenny

• The water fame

• The needle

• The human

• The water frame