Transcription of Sectionalism Review - Wappingers Central School District
1 1 Sectionalism Review 2 Sectionalism : Excessive concerns for the interests of one's area even if it leads to a detriment of the will the detriment of the whole be in this instance?3 What are the concerns of the different sections???NorthSouthEconomy Factories/ Cotton "King Cotton"Industrialization PlantationsPopulationMore people Fewer people but more slavesin cities Country DwellersTariffsHelp the North Hurt the South4 Innovations that effect the states1801 Eli Whitney Interchangable parts/Assembly Line* Identical parts all parts that come out of a particular machine will be identical, needing no further refining or filing in order to fit the item being Century (1700s) Great Britain develops steam power and coal power*Replaces manual labor in many cases*Increase in factories (primarily in New England)
2 61793 Samuel Slater builds thread factory in Pawtucket, RI1813 Lowell Lowell Girls7 Lowell Mills Girls Lowell MAFactory jobs (textile factories) with a majority (75%) female workforceWeaving and spinning fabric The women would live in factory houses that were maintained by the factory ownersWomen would have curfews and could not have male guests25 women lived in the building up to 6 sharing a roomThis was a year round operation8910 Cash Crops do not grow well in the North, due to temp. changes and short growing farms in the NorthSlavery in the North dies out1793 Eli Whitney invents the Cotton GinIdea was to eliminate the need for slaves by making the seeding process quicker and easierHas the opposite effect because now more cotton can be grown 11 Henry Clay SenatorDevised the "American System" North provides manufactured goods South provides food and cotton Create a national currency Work together for the common good Promoted transportation for easier trade All regions sustain others creating economic independence12
