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Discuss: Can you think of inventions that have
hindered or worsened the world?
Today, I will be able to explain why cotton planters
moved westward. I will be able to describe how the
cotton gin affected slavery in the South and give
reasons why the South was less industrialized than
the North.
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Yesterday, we took the open-note quiz for 14.1/14.2
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Section 3 must be completed by the end of class.
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The Cotton Gin
1820: No slavery above
36 30’
Maine free state;
Missouri slave state
Our country after the War with
Mexico (Mexican Cession)
Compromise of 1850: California was admitted as a free state;
Utah and New Mexico would get to exercise popular
sovereignty; Slavery in D.C. is outlawed; a strict fugitive slave
act was passed to make the South happy.
Kansas/Nebraska Act: Nebraska split
into 2 territories: Both territories would
exercise popular sovereignty
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People in the state or territory will decide
whether they would be a free or slave
state/territory. This would be decided by
popular vote.
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Many southerners invested in purchasing land
and slaves, not factories and infrastructure
(Remember the American System wasn’t
popular in the South).
Also, slaves weren’t paid a wage, so the
demand for factory produced goods was much
more limited in the South compared to the
North.
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Read the quotation on page 387