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Chapters 8 and 9 Notes // *Geography determined economy. // =NORTHERN ECONOMY= many urban centers many factories many small towns some agriculture Industrial Revolution Factory system Mass production Interchangeable parts Market Revolution Transportation Revolution Technology in farming =__Labor force__= =Women= Children Immigrants – Irish, potato famine German, economic opportunity Nativism – favoring native-born Americans– response to large number of immigrants Socio-economic classes Wealthy *Middle Class - new Poor

Southern Economy
=Some cities= =Large agricultural area= Production of high-demand goods; cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, indigo Some manufacturing

__Brickyards__
Iron works

Labor force
=Slaves= Few factory workers Money invested in land and slaves. Political leaders (planters) discouraged taxes which would help manufacturing and transportation. __ Socio-economic classes __ =Large plantation owners= =Small plantation owners= Small farmers Poor whites Free blacks Slaves Cotton gin (Eli Whitney) led to the South becoming the Cotton Kingdom.