JANUARY 3, 2012The US Constitution allowed for slavery, yet we celebrate it as a document that makes us free. How do we reconcile these points of view?

OBJECTIVE:

Students will assess the impact of the 3/5ths compromise and the invention of the cotton gin on slavery. They will be assessed on their answers to the questions on P. 149 to 153

HOMEWORK:

Complete any work that might still be incomplete

SLAVERY IN THE NORTH WAS DYING OUT Some northern

states outlawed slavery after the revolution

Some did it immediately

Some did it gradually

NO southern state outlawed slavery until after the Civil War

SLAVERY WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTH

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VOCABULARY: 3/5 COMPROMISE

WHAT DID THE 3/5 COMPROMISE MEAN? It gave

representatives in slave states more representatives in congress than they would otherwise have had

This gave slaveholders much more power in Congress

ELI WHITNEY AND THE COTTON GIN

Teacher / tutor to plantation owners children

Also invented the concept of interchangeable parts

Did not get rich off his invention

COTTON

Plant fiber Needs a warm

climate Used as far back as

5,000 years ago Needs care, to

protect the plants from pests

The seeds must be cleaned from the fibers for the cotton to be used

COTTON GIN

Gin stands for engine

Engine meant the same as machine back then

Before the cotton gin, one slave could clean 1 pound of cotton

After, one slave could clean 50 pounds

COTTON GIN

THE EFFECTS OF THE COTTON GIN

Cotton production increased dramatically

Slavery increased in the deep south

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

What is the 3/5ths compromise?

Why was the cotton gin important?

CLASS WORK

Create a flyer announcing the availability of the cotton gin

OR Write a 3 paragraph

editorial arguing against the 3/5 compromise

EXIT TICKET

What were the consequences of the cotton gin?