Friday, September 10, 2010

Key Info for Friday, Sept 10

Key Terms:
Interchangeable parts
Labor unions
Cotton Gin
Planters

Key info:
Northern transportation booms - canals, roads, rails, steam engine boats and locomotives
Production of goods moves to the factory system in the North
Northern cities grow
Southern economy turns from tobacco to cotton
Southern industry and transportation lag behind the North

Also, be able to contrast the North and South by means of transportation networks, production of goods and growth of towns and cities

We also did a free write with the following prompt:
"How did technology and transportation change the lives of people during the first half of the 1800's?"

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