DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NORTH & SOUTH INDUSTRIES

• 1. INDUSTRY• SOUTH-DEPENDED ON CROPS AND WAS KNOWN

AS A PLANTATION ECONOMY.• THE SOUTH RELIED ON ENSLAVED LABOR TO

PRODUCE MONEY & WEALTH.• NORTH- DEPENDED ON DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES,

AND WAS LESS DEPENDENT ON SLAVERY.• THE NORTH BEGAN TO INDUSTRIALIZE AND MASS

PRODUCED PRODUCTS.

SOUTHERN ANTEBELLUM PLANTATIONS

NORTH INDUSTRIALIZES

• THE MARKET REVOLUTION EVOLVES IN THE NORTH.• WHAT WAS THE MARKET REVOLUTION?• PEOPLE BOUGHT & SOLD GOODS RATHER THAN

MAKE THEM FOR THEMSELVES.• THE NORTH ALSO UTILIZED FREE ENTERPRISE?• WHAT WAS IT?• THE FREEDOM OF PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO

OPERATE COMPETITIVELY FOR PROFIT WITH LITTLE GOVERNMENT REGULATION.

LOWELL TEXTILE MILLS

LOWELL TEXTILE MILLS

• CREATED IN THE 1820’S IN LOWELL MASS.• HIRED A NUMBER OF WOMEN TO WORK

THEIR FACTORIES? • WHY WOMEN? 1. ABUNDANCE OF WOMEN WORKERS.2. PAID LOWER WAGES.

PROBLEMS WITH LOWELL TEXTILE MILLS

• POOR WORKING CONDITIONS• LONG HOURS• POOR LIGHTING • LOW WAGES• EXCESSIVE HEAT IN FACTORIES

HOW DID WORKERS ADDRESS THE POOR WORKING CONDITIONS

• 1. STRIKES• WORK STOPPAGES TO FORCE EMPLOYER TO

RESPOND TO THEIR DEMANDS.• HOW WOULD A STRIKE FORCE THE

INDUSTRIES TO CHANGE THEIR POLICIES ON WAGES, WORKING CONDITIONS, LONG HOURS, ETC.?

LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

• LABOR ORGANIZATION 1. BEGAN IN THE 1830’S.2. MADE UP OF WORKERS AT EACH FACTORY.3. THEY WERE ORGANIZED AND UNITED TOGETHER TO MAKE CHANGES.4 LATER WERE KNOWN AS LABOR UNIONS.5. THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE CHANGES TO BENEFIT THE WORKERS.

LABOR ORGANIZATION

• PICKET LINES- UNION PRACTICE TO PREVENT REPLACEMENT WORKERS OR

CUSTOMERS TO PATRONAGE A BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY.

Results of the Market Revolution

• Workers in factories produced more & better goods at lower prices than ever before.

• Improved Transportation and Communication.• Changed the ways Americans worked, by

making the worker leave the home everyday.• Transformed the Relationship between

Employee & Employer.

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH & SOUTH

• IMMIGRATION-WHERE DID THE IMMIGRANTS GO & WHY?

• NORTH-BECAUSE THEY HAD BETTER WORKING OPPORTUNITIES.

• NORTH-POPULATION GREW AND LEFT THE SOUTH POLITICALLY WEAK.

GENDER & SOCIAL DIFFERENCES

• GENDER-NORTH• WOMEN COULD & DID

WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME.

• WOMEN HAD MORE POLITICAL RIGHTS.

• GENDER-SOUTH• WOMEN WORKED IN

THE HOME.• WOMEN HAD VERY

FEW POLITICAL RIGHTS.