Comparing Labor systems Take out your HW and the Venn diagram Review your Venn diagram comparing the factory and the plantation rules: Review the.

Comparing Labor systemsComparing Labor systems Take out your HW and the Venn diagramTake out your HW and the Venn diagram Review your Venn diagram comparing the factory Review your Venn diagram comparing the factory

and the plantation rules:and the plantation rules: Review the similarities and differences foundReview the similarities and differences found What kinds of behavior and values did the rules seek to What kinds of behavior and values did the rules seek to

promote?promote? Which managers/overseers appeared to have more Which managers/overseers appeared to have more

responsibilities? Why?responsibilities? Why? Why do you think there were so many extra measures Why do you think there were so many extra measures

taken for the care and feeding of the slaves as opposed taken for the care and feeding of the slaves as opposed to mill workers?to mill workers?

New InventionsNew Inventions New inventions will New inventions will make work easier for make work easier for

farmersfarmers and will allow them to and will allow them to grow moregrow more cropscrops

Steam powered Steam powered machinesmachines will will transform the transform the textile industry textile industry – no longer will factories have – no longer will factories have to be near water!to be near water!

SteamSteam locomotives and ships, as well as the locomotives and ships, as well as the fast moving Clipper ships will fast moving Clipper ships will speed up speed up shippingshipping

New Machines transform New Machines transform the TEXTILE industry the TEXTILE industry

John Kay – Flying Shuttle James Hargreaves

Spinning Jenny

Richard Arkwright Waterframe

Machines transform Machines transform FarmingFarming

Was – Was – harvesting with hand reaper harvesting with hand reaper

A scythe is a tool used by ancient farmers during harvest

BecameBecame

http://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/wheat-harvesting/clip1/

TodayToday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FeHZdi_t58

Was – wooden plowWas – wooden plow

Became Became (iron replaces wood)(iron replaces wood)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te3LGOGp2fs

TodayToday

WasWas

BecameBecame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lki3jxNLVCIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2W9nwwjIkY

Telegraph lines follow Telegraph lines follow rail tracks rail tracks

WasWas

Became – Steam poweredBecame – Steam powered

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpxq8mzzw8

TodayToday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxlbneQeX6o

WasWas

BecameBecame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNYanqY8QnU

TodayToday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bokySqGdRhM

““Old Immigration”Old Immigration”Before the Civil War, most immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe - England, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia.

Why do people move?Why do people move? Push FactorsPush Factors: : Negative conditions that cause someone to Negative conditions that cause someone to

leave their previous residence.leave their previous residence.

Pull Factors:Pull Factors: Positive conditions which (real or speculated) Positive conditions which (real or speculated)

that cause someone to come to a new that cause someone to come to a new residence.residence.

PUSHPUSH

Population growthPopulation growthAgricultural changesAgricultural changesCrop FailuresCrop Failures Industrial RevolutionIndustrial RevolutionReligious and Political TurmoilReligious and Political Turmoil

PULLPULL

FreedomFreedom Economic OpportunityEconomic Opportunity Abundant LandAbundant Land

Factory LaborFactory Labor

The Factory SystemThe Factory System

Harsh life for workersHarsh life for workersRigid scheduleRigid scheduleLong Hours Long Hours Dangerous conditionsDangerous conditionsMostly employed woman and childrenMostly employed woman and children

Francis Lance, 5 years old, jumps on and off trolleys to sell newspapers.

Tony Casale, 11, has been selling newspapers for four years.

Oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. Began at 3:30 AM and worked to 5 PM.

Workers OrganizeWorkers Organize

Trade unions – demand shorter workday,Trade unions – demand shorter workday,

higher wages, better conditionshigher wages, better conditions Lowell Female Labor Reform Association (Lowell Female Labor Reform Association (LFLRA))

Discrimination/PrejudiceDiscrimination/Prejudice

Policy or attitude that Policy or attitude that denies equal rights denies equal rights to certain groups of peopleto certain groups of people

African-AmericansAfrican-Americans in the North and in the North and most most immigrant groupsimmigrant groups were denied the vote, were denied the vote, the jury box, positions in the gov’t, the the jury box, positions in the gov’t, the army, access to public lands, and public army, access to public lands, and public schoolschool

Limited job opportunitiesLimited job opportunities

NativistsNativists – wanted to preserve the – wanted to preserve the country for ‘native-born’ white citizenscountry for ‘native-born’ white citizens

Know-Nothing Party Know-Nothing Party – political party – political party that grew out of hostility for new that grew out of hostility for new immigrantsimmigrants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_CDJiYux1A

Against all odds, some Against all odds, some did succeed…did succeed…

Welcome to your new Welcome to your new job!job! The year is 1855, you work in a factory in The year is 1855, you work in a factory in

the Norththe North The factory wants to begin producing the The factory wants to begin producing the

countries new trend:countries new trend: Paperclip bracelets! Paperclip bracelets!

Oh yeah!

Step 1 Step 1 – lay out your paperclips– lay out your paperclips Step 2 Step 2 – attach one, then pass to the – attach one, then pass to the

next personnext person Step 3 Step 3 – continue until it reaches the last – continue until it reaches the last

person – their job is to connect the strand person – their job is to connect the strand to each other (5 paperclips per bracelet)to each other (5 paperclips per bracelet)

You have 2 minutes to create as many You have 2 minutes to create as many bracelets as you can!bracelets as you can!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ih0JJLoMIg

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/