Transcript Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism

BALANCING NATIONALISM
AND SECTIONALISM
Chapter 7
Industrial Revolution: Regional
Economies Create Differences
Assignment: The Age of Invention
•Think of as many inventions as you can that changed life in the
United States in the 1800’s (create a list)
•What were some of the positive and negative consequences of
these inventions?
•What inventions from the last 30 years have changed life in the
U.S. (list)?
•What are some of the positive and negative consequences of
these inventions?
•Think of some inventions that might change the future of the U.S.
(new inventions or improvements on existing products).
•Write a summary paragraph on inventions from 1800-the present
Worksheet Answers
1. What was the Industrial Revolution? Goods were no longer made at home,
but in factories.
2. Explain two events that prompted America to begin developing domestic
industries.
-Embargo Act 1807
-War 1812 – Britain blockaded the coast
3. Thoroughly explain the impact the cotton gin had on slavery in the South?
Because it could clean the cotton faster than could be done by hand, this increased
the demand for slaves. (Needed more slaves to plant and harvest the cotton)
Regional Economies Create Differences
North p.213
•Trade/shipping
•Manufacturing
•Factories
•Small family farms
•Movement to cities
South p.215
•Cotton-ship to North and
Europe
•Plantations
•Slave labor
West p.215
•Farming (crops or
livestock) sell what they
produced at city
markets
•Purchase manufactured
goods from the East
The American System
Intention: To unite different parts of the country so the nation could become
more self-sufficient.
1. Protective Tariff of 1816
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Northerners support the tax on
imports - helps factories make money
Southerners & Westerners against it,
makes goods more expensive
3. Transportation Systems
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Roads, canals, railroads
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Easier to transport goods, travel,
and communicate
2. National Bank of the U.S.
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Nationwide currency
Easier for people from different
regions to do business with one
another.