Jan 04, 2016
- Differences between the north and south are a result of geography.
-The north was too cold to support an agrarian lifestyle, or a life based on farming.
-The south didn’t have the natural resources to industrialize.
-In the south, cotton was king!
-The south trades cotton to both the north and Great Britain. Made all its money from trade, not production!
-Northerners created machines to produce finished products, resulting in an Industrial Revolution
-Textile Mills, like Lowell Mill, used young girls to operate the machinery
-Destroyed skilled craftspeople, used unskilled workers and paid low wage.
-River transport was vital to the south.
-Steamboats transported cotton to big southern port cities for transport across the ocean.
-The south resisted land transport because it benefited the north more.
-Roads were built to help move trade goods.
-Water travel was cheapest. Canals like the Erie Canal were built to move goods to ports.
-Clipper ships cut travel time over seas by half.
-Railroads used steam locomotives to move goods across the country.
-Your place in society was measured by …
-1) Land and slaves
-2) Color of your skin
-A wealthy planter elite ruled like aristocrats.
-They treasured a laid-back lifestyle with parties and social gathering.
-Women were wives and hostesses, not thinkers.
-Poor whites and all blacks rated very low.
-Most northerners lived on farms, but cities grew as factory workers moved in.
-4 million immigrants, mostly Ireland, moved to the north hoping for factory work.
- Anti-immigrant violence exploded.
-Cities became crowded, dangerous and dirty places to live.