1. JANUARY 3, 2012
The US Constitution
allowed for slavery, yet
we celebrate it as a
document that makes us
free. How do we
reconcile these points of
view?
2. 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
4. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
