The document discusses several key inventions and economic developments in the United States including the national market, cotton gin, steel plow, mechanical reaper, telegraph, and rise of cotton and slavery in the South. The national market boosted the economy by exporting goods abroad. The cotton gin automated and increased cotton production, fueling the demand for slavery. The steel plow and mechanical reaper increased agricultural productivity. The telegraph allowed rapid communication. Cotton became the dominant crop and economic driver of the South, further entrenching the institution of slavery. Nativism emerged as Americans resented immigrants taking jobs.

2. National Market
The sale of goods to other
countries with set rules and
regulations.
Boosted the American Economy by
exporting and selling goods to other
countries.

3. National Market.
The National Market was what
really kick started the American
economy.
It opened the doors for National Trade
and for the South to export goods like
tobacco and cotton all over the world.

4. Invention of the Cotton Gin
Machine used to separate
cotton seeds from the fiber.
Made the process a lot faster therefore
making cotton more profitable and
calling for more slave labor

5. The Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin had a good and bad
side.
The good was that cotton was made
more profitable and it was easier to
process.
The bad thing was that this allowed
farmers to plant more cotton and this
would increase the need for slavery.

6. The Steel Plow
First used in the Mid-West
where the soil was harder and
wooden plows kept breaking.
Created by John Deere
The first plow was made from a blade
saw and he tested it on many different
types of soil.

7. The Steel Plow
The invention of the steel plow really
opened a lot of doors for agricultural
inventions to grow.
Many different inventions such as
cultivators, and tillers, were based and
evolved off of the original invention of
the steel plow.

8. The Mechanical Reaper
Created a labor saving
implement to harvest
wheat.
Continued to change the
design of the Reaper and
market it to increase sales.
Cyrus McCormick was the inventor of the
Mechanical Reaper.

9. The Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus’s father actually had the idea of a
Mechanical Reaper.
After his father died he patented the
idea.
He set up a shop and tried to
industrialize his idea.

10. The Invention of the Telegraph
Created by Samuel Morse.
Allowed people to communicate with
each other in different towns and cities.
Used a special type of code called
“Morse Code” to communicate.

11. Cotton Kingdom in the
South
When tobacco prices
plummeted cotton was on
the rise and became the
main crop of the South.
When the cotton based economy
boomed so did the rise of slavery.

12. Cotton in the South
Cotton was the main support of the
Southern Economy.
At the time the South was the
largest cotton
exporter in the world.

13. Nativism
Many citizens were not happy about the
foreigners moving into the United States
and taking jobs that would otherwise be
there for them and their children.
It was common for foreigners to be
mistreated by United States Citizens
because for lack of another word they
were jealous.

14. Nativism
I understand where the American
Citizens were coming from, but they way
they treated the foreigners was wrong.
The Americans went as far as physical
harm and murder to deter foreigners
from taking jobs in the United States.