Warm UpAnswer the TWO questions in a complete sentence on your WARM UP SHEET.
1. What are the differences between the land lottery and the headright system?
2. What was the Yazoo Land fraud and how did it change Georgia’s boundaries?
Agenda: -TechnologyChoice Project
Class Instructions:1. Managers get folder.
21st
Want to earn candy? Pick a chore, see Mrs. Berry and she will give instructions.
• Clean desks• Clean buckets• Clean white board• Wipe shelves, file cabinet, Ms. B’s desk, and
table. • Pass out papers from the drawer• Organize Papers
Technology
Does it help or hurt?
Consider the Following Text Messaging: fast and efficient method
of communication at your finger tips.
Intended Consequences• Eliminates long phone
conversations• Allows you to message
quickly and instantly
Unintended Consequence• Loss of human interaction • Contributes to the inability
to spell and communicate effectively (SMH, LOL, BTW, BRB)
• 1,000s of vehicular deaths yearly.
Economic Growth In Georgia
Cotton Gin
Description • Tobacco was destroying the soil, so
the state was looking for ways to make growing cotton profitable.
• Eli Whitney invented this tool • Cotton was previously deseeded
by hand at the rate of about ONE pound per day
Cotton Gin
Intended Consequences• Was able to remove the
seeds from 50 pounds of cotton each day
• The south grew a majority of the world’s cotton by the end of the 19th century
Unintended Consequences• Led to Westward Expansion Negatives: • The south became
dependent on one crop• Increased slavery
Railroads• Created as a better way to
transport cotton • 1832 Georgia’s first railroad
was chartered• Georgia was ranked in the
top ten for railroad track mileage.
• Developed partially from the concept of the steamboat
• Built to be pulled by steam engines or horse.
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Railroads
Intentional
• Easier Transportation • Solved issues of difficult
transportation on rough roads
Unintentional • Took business from freight
traffic along rivers• The development of cities
not along rivers • Made Atlanta the first major
American city to be built on a location without a navigable river
Mechanical Reaper
• Invented by Cyrus McCormick
• Wooden paddles fasten to the harness of a horse. As the horse was guided through the fields, the paddles turned and cut grain.
• Grain was previously cut by hand with a scythe Video
Mechanical Reaper
Intentional
• Allowed farmers to cut six times the amount of grain
Unintentional • An industry emerged devoted to
making agricultural production more efficient.
• Became an international sensation • Impacted the Civil War by
releasing 5 men for service per reaper.
• Increased competition lead to more development of agricultural machinery.