North.South

= THE SOUTH = = (Taylor & Madison) = ==Compile facts about the cotton boom! Predict the outcome if the cotton gin was never created.(Economic)== COTTON BOOM. We think that if the Cotton Gin was never created than slavery might not have been a big thing in the South. Because of the Gin Cotton was produced more rapidly and in mass amounts, this attracted more settlers who wanted to farm and it made slavery necessary. It also transformed the South into a one crop area. Once the Gin was created the South forgot about the rest of their crops and only focused in on the cotton, without the gin the economy might have been more diverse! Without the Cotton gin, the souths economy might have failed, to them it was known to be the most important crop in the world but it couldn't have been done without the Gin. In conclusion we believe that the Civil War could have possibly been avoided if the cotton gin was never created, because the slaves weren't really needed untill the Cotton Boom began and there was much more work to be done!
 * Cotton Gin- Machine that removes seeds from short-staple cotton.
 * Eli Whitney from the North created it.
 * Many were planters-people who held more than 20 slaves
 * Cotton belt- area of high cotton production
 * People thought at the time that world economy would fail without Cotton.
 * Great Brittan was important trade partner
 * Cotton Boom included, Growing, Harvesting, Ginning, Pressing into Bales, Shipping, Insuring, Marketing, and Slave labor instead of paying workers.

Causes:

 * 1) WORK
 * 2) Men, Women, and Children over 10 did same tasks
 * 3) Sickness and weather didn't stop work
 * 4) Long Hours, inside & out
 * 5) LIFE & CONDITIONS
 * 6) slaves were property not people
 * 7) family seperated
 * 8) little clothes, food, and other luxeries
 * 9) Dirty houses, leaky roofs, no furniture.
 * 10) PUNISHMENT & SLAVE LAWS
 * 11) Bribes or punishment for obediance
 * 12) punished in public to warn others as well
 * 13) Whipping, put in locked wood frames(stocks), wear irons and chains at work, Collars around your neck, kept you in a dungeon till you die.
 * 14) phrohibeted from traveling & education.

EFFECTS

 * 1) Slaves kept their religion and beliefs to the best of their abilty to protest.
 * 2) Worked slower and rebelled daily
 * 3) tried to run away or escape perminatly
 * 4) Major revolts like the Nat Turner Rebellion took place where slaves violently revolted against slavery and working conditions. In such events they planned to kill all slave holders and their families!

==﻿Rate the Importance of the different groups of people in the South. Explain in your opinion on why you gave them that rank in society. (Social.)==

Yeomen- owners of small farms planters- wealthiest memebers, different types (some raised crops, some showed off their wealth)

The most important is the planters because they were the wealthiest members and greatly influenced the economy Secondly, slaves were important because they put in the most physical labor. They were the ones that actually put together the products that got the owners the money. Even though they were not respected, they did most of the work that got the South to where they were. Third is the yeomen because they owned small farms and most couldn't grow cash crops. They mainly provided for their family, not a source of income. Lastly would be the free african americans because they couldn't vote, travel, or hold certain jobs. They didn't partake in a lot of the economical events.

= The North. = =Compose a journal entry from a workers perspective of what would be going on during the unions/strikes.=

Dear diary,
I'm 11 years old, and I work at manufacturing wearhouse with my entire family. This often happens, they hire all of us so that they have more people and we continue to work for a long time. It's part of the Rhode Island System. This isn't fun, I'd much rather be doing housework, or even going to school but I dont get a choice. Instead I work 14 hours a day at a mill. It's really dirty inside and I get really tierd. I have to tie back my hair so that I don't get it caught and hurt myself. My job is to straighten threads. It's one of the worst. I have to do so before they enter the power loom and my hands get lots of cuts. They sting so bad and sometimes they bleed. I wish I could just run away, but my family needs the money and there's no way to escape. The windows are always closed and I never get a break. When we were getting no money my mom joined the trade unions. This was a group that worked to improve our conditions and pay because we all work really hard. It was hard because they didn't want to hire people who worked in unions, my mom had to be really careful. Last week my mom went on a strike. That means none of us went to work! We were trying to make the company give us what we wanted, but it didn't work. The lady next door said they hardly ever do. Please make things better, I just want to stop working! It hurts so bad. Love, Lucy.

Pros and Cons of Social Life:
Pros- the north had lots of new advances in transportation, now there were options like trains instead of just horses Now they had things like mills and factories to help get more work done (but it was very hard) The north was really very ahead with technology, they were the people who started all of the inventng The north had more educated people, thats part of the reason they were ahead in technology Cons- they had to work in factories and mill, which were very dangerous and hard Children were the ones working at the mills, they didn't get to stay at home and help around the house They didn't have a lot of slaves, so the work actually had to be done by them The working hours were terrible, they had to work for at least 12-14 hours per day, that's at least half of the whole day

Criterion: ===How does the industrial revolution effect the North's economy and what is it's impact on our history?===

=== Industrial Revolution: a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid 1700s. ===

Technology: tools used to produce items or to do work
==== Mass Production: the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods ==== ==== This helped technology because companies could make a larger quantity of products in a shorter amount of time. This helped companies get products out faster and sell more. Mass production requires a few things, such as tools, interchangeable parts, and labor. Many people would work in an assembly line and got things done a lot faster by working together. This would quicken the rate at which products were ready to be sold. The bad part of mass production involved the people that worked in the assembly line. These people were worked very hard! They worked for many hours without a break! Imagine how hard in much be to continuously work in a line, doing the same job for multiple hours on end, and making a very minimal amount of money! The working conditions were unpleasant and some were harmful to the health of the workers. So, the good thing about mass production is that products are made faster and the companies make more money in less time, but the disadvantage to this would be the health of the workers that make these products.==== ====Picture this: You wake up one morning and have to go to basketball practice. How are you going to get there? You could walk, ride your bike, or take the car! Which one is the most common? Obviously, the car. But do you ever think about how this car was made and who was affected in the making of your car? No, we really don't think about that. Well, many people have to work together in order to build a car. They work on an assembly line, like during the industrial revolution. We are happy with our car, and the company that we purchased it from is happy we got the car, but does anyone think about the people that actually put in all the work into making that car? Well, what are the working conditions for those people? They could be harmful to their health! These are the kinds of things people had to do everyday, elders, kids, teens, moms, dads, for a job or to just get some kind of money.====