Alyssa

[|Washington's Presidency]

North Criterion- What facts can you gather about the advances from the Industrial Revolution to the more technological advances? Did it affect the North in a positive or negative way? During the Industrial Revolution there were some minor changes from what we see. They invented the spinning wheel to make clothing more quickly and helps the workers to save more energy. Also mass production helped increase how many products were made in a certain amount of time. Instead of making one product you could make six in the same amount of time. There were also mills that were developed that used water to power their machines and things. Trains and steamboats were also made to transport goods and materials easily and efficiently.During these years people came up with inventions and technology man would never think could have been made. Our ecnonmy shot up enormously and these inventions made work for the workers easy. It by far affected us in a positive way. The revolutions opened up so many more doors and opportunitys to trade and develop new skills to make life and work by far an easier task then before.

How can you compare the different parts of society during these events? What ranking would you prefer?

Back in these times in the north there were different social classes. The three different ones I saw were the workers. These were factory and mill workers who worked for a low income and had horrbile work conditions. They would work from early in the morning to late at night with little to no breaks. This is what you would call the lowest of the social classing. Next would be the average people. These are people who worked and owned family farms. They weren't poor and worked at factories and had a boss but they didn't make a lot of money. These ran their own business and depended on themselves. They were considered the middle of the social class. Lastly are the business and mill owners. The men who ran their own business and owned land were the rich ones. They hired people to work and made lots of money. They basically ran their own business and made a very good living by doing very little work. Owners would be considered highest on the social classing. If I could choose which one to be I would without a doubt pick being an owner. Money and work comes very easy for you and you would be living the good life.

What was the most important economic change in the north? why was it important and what facts support this? I believe the most important economic change in the north was the Transportation Revolution. I think this way because without the first steamboats where would we be right now? That was one of the main turning points in the north. This was a quick and cheap way to transport goods and make profits sky rocket! Back then many people would have lost money and been making hardly anything. We needed these boats to make a living. And without the first ones we might not even have boats now. Think of how much the world would have changed and how trading relationships would be affected.

South Criterion- Compare the North and the South. Where would you live based on the facts? Similarities- The North and South both depended on hard work to make a living. Both had social classes and looked down on the lower ones. Major advancements affected the economy. They needed to be able to transport things around to different locations. Differences- the south depended on slaves to do the work and were at the lowest on social classing. The south also was very dependent on their cotton industry. Southern people used the cotton gin. The north depended on workers not slaves. They had many different industries and inventions to make a living off of. And the north used more advanced things then just the cotton gin. I would live in the North because they seem farther ahead and more prepared with different jobs. I also strongly disagree with slavery and I also don't believe a one crop industry is very smart.

If we still had slaves today what the the country become? How would it change politically? Our country would be a complete disaster. There would be fighting because everyone would have different views. When it would come to vote for president or governors there would be extremely heated debates with very different looks on things. We would have people who strongly believe slavery is right and should be allowed and people who hate it and can't stand to see it. We were experiencing some of this with Wisconsins recent governor election. But this would be taking it to extreme levels. We have crazy people who will do whatever they can for what they believe in and will go to whatever liimits they can. Our country would be so divided we might split into another whole country or something along those lines. It would just but utter chaos.

What are the pros and cons of a one crop industry? would you improve or disapporve if our country was like that?

The pros are you would be a major producer or that product. People would want to come and trade with you and you could get many things in return and use the product just like money almost. You wouldn't have to know a whole bunch of ways to plant or have to work in a factory either. You could love on a farm with your family and make a decent living without even doing much. A bad thing is if you have a bad growing season or something goes wrong with your crops thats what you have. There is no other crop to fall back on. You could go from being very successul to having hardly anything in a matter or one season. This also increased the need for slave labor. So more and more slaves would have to do the owners dirty work. I would disapprove because of the riskyness. It just doesn't feel safe and you have no plan to fall back on. Also like they used slaves you would need to put lots of work into your one crop to make sure it doesn't fail. To me it just seems like a waste of energy and time for one little crop when you could be working with so many other crops.

Davy Crocket What would happen if we had the politicians of the 1800s in our time? We would not get a lot done because the laws we have today wouldn’t be followed by the 1800s politicians, they would just want to lead.

How does Davy Crocket’s politics compare to ours today? The more you bragged and put on a show and the more you were popular people would vote for you. Today its all about who can lead best and has the right motives for the country.

How does the president’s appearance affect the people’s votes? Appearance was everything back then and the more popular you were and the more people who liked you, it was better for votes.

Would you listen to Davy Crocket’s advice with the presidency or not? I would listen to Davy’s advice if I were a politician of back then but today it defiantly wouldn’t fly with the voters.