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=__North__= Social- What alternative changes would you suggest for the changes in working life? We probably would have changed the work hours earlier, especially for the kids. The government back then did make 10 hour days, but not in all states and it took them a while to do so. I also would have made working conditions better for the factory workers, especially the mill girls, by opening windows or wear masks so they can't get that unhealthy from working, or as hot.

Political- If you were alive during this time period, what changes would you have made to the law/ government? We would have made some changes for the workers in this time to benefit them (like limiting the hours and make conditions better to protect their health). Other than that, I think the government did a good job on handling things like the Industrial Revolution and the Transportation Revolution.

Economic- Predict the outcome if we never had the Industrial Revolution. People would still be making stuff by hand which is much slower and produces materials with less quality. The Industrial Revolution inspired many technological things today, like phones and computers. Our country would also still be dependent on other countries if we couldn't produce stuff by ourselves, besides agriculture products. Even the agriculture business wouldn't be very good because factories wouldn't have been made to speed it up and we voted away slaves so we wouldn't be very efficient with our crops.

=﻿__South__= Social- Why don't you think the southern society utilized the technology growth like the north did? I think the south just thought they were better than the north so they didn't need anything.With their slaves, they probably felt like they didn't need anything to help them grow crops. All they needed was one piece of technology, the cotton gin. Railroads could have been used but the south might have just not wanted them because they would have been complicated.

Political- What impact did the Nat Turner Rebellion have on the government with allowing slaves? This rebellion probably really showed that slaves didn't like being slaves at all. Even though that point was showed, it probably didn't make much of a difference. The government was programmed on the fact that they needed slaves for their economy, they didn't care what the slaves liked/disliked. This probably showed a lot of slaves that they can make a difference because Nat Turner was able to kill many white slave owners. Although this rebebllion proved a point for the slaves, it didn't have much impact on the government because they probably looked at it as some slaves acting up so they should be punished more with more slave codes.

Economic- Do you think the idea of slavery would have changed if the South used slaves for more than one crop? This might have had a minor impact but I think the north still would've wanted the south to get rid of them. But the south would have had a better fight for their side because they'd be bringing in more money with more than one crop. Another thing is cotton is a really hard crop to harvest, for other easier crops slaves might not have been needed. I think there would have been a higher chance of keeping slaves if there was more than one crop being harvested.