Industrialization in the North

By taraannmarie
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney created cotton gin
  • Slave Cost

    Slave Cost

    A slave could sell for $600.
  • Slave Trade

    Slave Trade

    Federal law abolished oversea slave trade. Interstate trade soon filled the gap.
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

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    Industrial Sector Developed by US

  • Tariff on Imports

    Tariff on Imports

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    Number of Slaves

    The total number of slaves increased from 1.5 million to 4 million.
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    Lowell Mill Girls

    Lowell Mill girls held strikes when employers cut their wages & increased their charges for boarding.

  • Convinction of Tailors

    A court in New York convicts 20 tailors of conspiracy for forming a union.
  • Southern Plantations

    Southern Plantations

    Southern plantations produced 60% of the cotton used by American & European factories.

  • Immigration

    Immigration came mostly from England and Scottland.
  • Slave Cost

    Slave Cost

    A slave could sell for triple the price of before ($1800).