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Slavery and Industrial Revolution

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Slavery and Industrial Revolution

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📚 Part 1: Timeline and Key Concepts

1. Fill in the missing dates and events on the timeline:

______ - First enslaved Africans arrive in North America

1700s - _________________________ expands throughout the South

Late 1700s-Early 1800s - _________________________ begins in Northern states

1800s - _________________________ movements grow stronger

2. Which region of the United States relied most heavily on slavery?

The North

The South

The West

All regions equally

3. The Industrial Revolution in the North led to: (Check all that apply)

Growth of factories

More people moving to cities

Increased use of slave labor

Changes in transportation

📖 Part 2: Primary Source Analysis

4. Read this excerpt from a slave narrative and answer the questions below:

"I was born in slavery about twenty-five miles from the town of Easton, in Talbot County, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. The white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege." - Frederick Douglass

5. What does this source tell us about the experience of slavery?
6. How does this primary source help us understand history better than just reading facts?

🔍 Part 3: Comparing North and South

7. Compare the labor systems in the North and South during this time period:

Northern Labor System: _________________________________

Southern Labor System: _________________________________

8. What was one major difference between how the Industrial Revolution affected the North versus the South?
9. How do you think the development of slavery and the Industrial Revolution helped shape America before the Civil War?

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