Warm-Up: Monday, February 3, 2014

Warm-Up: Monday, February 3, 2014Please complete your warm-up for today by going to Edmodo and clicking on the link to the Google Form. (5 minutes)The Boston Manufacturing Company employed mostly young women, who worked for a few years after leaving school and before getting married. Conditions for these women were often dangerous, and their private lives were closely controlled. Imagine you are one of these young workers and write a diary entry about your life.Spinning Yarn

5 minutes+Blendspace Road to War+Objective(s) for Today:I will be able to compare the effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks. I will be able to analyze the effect of slavery on the North, South, and West. I will be able to compare the North and South in terms of physical, human, and economic characteristics. +ESPN factorsESPN development often creates widely different, sometime conflicting, regions within one nation.

I will be able to compare the effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks. +NORTH - EconomicEconomy based on manufacturing, unskilled laborersTransportation: Steamboats, clipper ships, canals, and railroads

+NORTH - SocialGrowth of citiesFree African-AmericansImmigrants

+NORTH - PoliticalTended toward federalism

+NORTH - EnvironmentalFour distinct regionsThin rocky soil, jagged coastlines, thick forestsCold/moderate climate

+SOUTH - EconomicEconomy based on agriculture, small farms, plantationsslaves used to raise cash cropsTransportation: Few rail lines, River travelRiver boats transport people and goods

+SOUTH - SocialPlantation ownersYeoman Tenant farmersFree African AmericansSlaves

+SOUTH - PoliticalTended toward a states rights stance

+SOUTH - EnvironmentalMild wintersHot humid summersWide coastal plains, swamps, marshes, wide rivers

+Impact of slavery on different sections of the United StatesNorth: Illegal, abolitionists as well as non-abolitionists South: slaves were viewed as propertyWest: conflicts and balance of free v slave state+Key QuestionsWhy was there little industry in the south? (T.P.S.)How did improvements in transportation affect the economy of the North? (T.P.S.)

+Tie it TogetherI will be able to compare the effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks.

+Map Analysis Twiddla

+SALT and Question on BlendspaceWhat impact do political, economic, and social factors have on slaves and free blacks?

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