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Cotton Problems
During the 1780s, Thomas Jefferson, James Madsion, and George Washingtion hoped slavery would slowly fade away. They thought a change from tobacco to wheat cultivation would slowly undermine the slave system, making it less profitable. They did see the trend happen in the northern parts, but in the southern parts slavery began to flourish because cotton became the main crop, -
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Cotton boom and incrrease in slavery
Cotton production took a big turn. The invetion of the cotton gin allowed more cotton to be used for materials which increased slave numbers and many other things. result of cotton gin -
Cotton Gin Invented
An inventor named Eli Whitney created what is called the Cotton Gin in 1973. The machine was able to sepparate the cotton from the seed with no help from people. This increased cotton demand durastically. -
Federal law abolished slave trade in 1808
cottonin 1808, The Federal law abolished the over seas slave trade in 1808, illegal trade and interstate trade filled the gap -
Industrialization begins
Between 1815 and 1860 the U.S. created industries which made them part of the economy. The Democratic Republics unintentionally allowed this to happen, Jefferson wanted to keep it more of a farmer nation. how it began -
The origins of industrialization
After the war of 1812 and the Embargo of 1807 the colonists cut off brittish goods comming in. They built their own factories to make goods. Brittish goods were then alowed back into America. This overwhelmed the economy, so they put the tariff on inported goods to protect the american industry. It hurt the farmers but helped industry. -
Illegal Slave Trade
Due to the increased demand for cotton, slave owners needed more slaves to help keep up. However, after the ban of the slave trade from over seas in 1808, it was hard to get more. Farmers began to intersate trade slaves for money. It was illega; to trade this way, but it continued for many years. -
Labor unions
The government made labor unions. Labor unions are workers who united to seek better pay and work conditions. in 1834 and 1836 the girls who worked at Lowell Mills protested when the company cut their wages and increased their charges for boarding. They sang out, "Oh! I can't be a slave." -
20 tailor conspiracy
factory owners sometimes turned to the courts for protection. in 1835, a New York City court convicted of 20 tailors of conspireacy for forming a union. convictions like these made workers mad. But, neither the union movement nor the workman's party prospered in early 1800's -
Population difference map
This map shows the population of some major cities before the mirgation of Irish and German people, compared to after they arrived. -
Immigrants
Immigrants from Ireland and Germany arrive in the U.S. making the total immigrant population about 1,500,000. They came here due to political upheavals, economic depressions and rural famines. Due to the famine more than 1 million Irish people died. primary source famine -
riots
riots between protestants and catholics occured in philadelphia in 1844 and in baltimore in 1854. -
Pro slavers reject Madison
By the 1850s proslavery forces rejected the criticism of slavery once ecpressed by jefferson, Madison, and washington. They no longer defended slavery as nessisary evil but touted the institution as a positive good. they also insisted that slavery was kinder to african americans than industrial life was to white workers. -
no more than 1/4 of white men
although slavery was central to life in the South, slave holders were a minority. No more than 1/4 of white men had slaves in 1860. 3/4 of these held fewer than 10 slaves.
