In the early 1800s, when plantation owners left almost all other crops in favour of the newly profitable cotton. To increase cotton production planters purchased more slaves from Africa and the West Indies before the slave trade was banned in 1808. Thousands of blacks were brought into the United States during these years to tend to cotton fields, the size of plantations increased from relatively small plots to huge farms with as many as several hundred slaves each. Because the entire Southern economy became dependent on cotton, it also became dependent on slavery. Although Northern factories certainly benefited indirectly from slavery, Northern social customs were not tied to slavery as Southern customs were.
Railroad companies that charged four times as much as on the East gave farmers incentive to band together in order to combat outrages rates politically (Document D). Freight rates especially hurt farmers, who were far from both buying and selling markets, a clever extortion trick by the railroad companies to force farmers into paying at every occasion (Document F). With over a twenty percent decline in agriculture economy over fifty years, the farming community grew smaller and less organized by the day – an easy target for abusive
This difference in opinions was one of the causes of the Civil War The main cause of the Civil War was greed by the south. The south needed the slaves as a steady work force due to an invention years before the war called the Cotton Gin. This invention enabled plantation to grow to huge sizes. In 1830, 750,000 bales of hay per year were produced. Around 1850, the production of hay bales jumped up to 2.85 million bales per year.
Stalin achieved most of his aims; Grain production rose to nearly 100 million tones in 1937, although the numbers of animals never recovered. Russia sold large quantities of grain to other countries; this of course made a huge difference to the economy in Russia. A colossal 17 million people left the countryside to go to work in the towns this was part of industrialization which helped to improve the economy. The kulaks were eliminated, this was one Stalin’s main aims and finally, the peasants were closely under the government's control, which pleased Stalin greatly. There were many failures in collectivization, particularly the - output fell in the 1930s largely for three reasons; the peasants resented the state taking their land, machinery and livestock, so they did not work as hard and put more effort into their private plots, where they could keep any profit generated.
At the end of the 19th century, American lives were profoundly impacted by the Industrial Revolution. Political, economic and social change was evident throughout America. Before the Industrial Revolution, goods were manufactured in traditional ways and production was inefficient and slow. Most Americans lived in rural areas prior to the Industrial Revolution and small producers represented the majority of American industry. Laws regulating work and production were limited.
This population problem coupled with new agricultural developments such as enclosure acts, which doubled crop production using fewer workers meant that there were many agricultural workers who were jobless. These moved to industrious areas such as Manchester known as Cottonopolis or emigrated to countries such as America to find work where it was advertised a new life could be made. Some moved to industrious areas and then moved on to America. Many of the English migrants pursued the same trades they were accustomed to in England, many agricultural workers remained agricultural workers some establishing their own farms. Englishmen with skills in the cotton industry brought with them the technological skills to establish a cotton industry in America, Samuel Slater who was apprentice to Richard Arkwright and
During this time cotton was in huge demand from Europe, the south started to grow it eventually becoming south’s dominant crop; however there were two major problems, it took lots of labor and time and it had seeds in it. Eli Whitney though, designed and built the 1st Cotton Gin. The cotton gin was such a break through in this time because it was a machine that cleaned the cotton taking the seeds out of it, you only needed one person to work it, and it could do the job of 50 hand cleaners at once. That saved farmers in money to buy slaves, and time, need for each little piece of cotton to be cleaned so much more cotton could be produced in one day. There was one drawback to this though.
For some peasants life did improve dramatically, Stolypin set up banks that would help peasants get loans and buy land. This was a huge improvement for peasants as they were getting more freedom, this may have been because they would murder their landlords. This lead to improvements in farming this therefore lead to an industrial boom and made Russia the world’s fourth largest producer of coal, pig iron and steel. Only 15% of peasants took up Stolypin’s idea though. As for the Dumas, they could not pass laws, could not appoint ministers and could not control finance.
Stalin achieved most of his aims; Grain production rose to nearly 100 million tonnes in 1937, although the numbers of animals never recovered. Russia sold large quantities of grain to other countries; this of course made a huge difference to the economy in Russia. A colossal 17 million people left the countryside to go to work in the towns this was part of industrialisation which helped to improve the economy. The kulaks were eliminated, this was one Stalin’s main aims and finally, the peasants were closely under the government's control, which pleased Stalin greatly. There were many failures in collectivisation, particularly in the initial phases - output fell in the 1930s largely for three reasons; the peasants resented the state taking their land, machinery and livestock, so they did not work as hard and put more effort into their private plots, where they could keep any profit generated - who wouldn't?
A government policy of enclosure was implemented, which greatly upset traditional, rural societies. Tenant farmers would now only employ labourers to do short term work on the farms, for jobs such as hedging or ditching. There was now a surplus of labourer due to deflation after the French wars, a population increase alongside a non-agricultural employment decrease, and the development of agricultural machinery. It is easy to see why people protested against this, many men were jobless and unable to feed their families, and the little work there was was sparse and low paid. It was also due to political reasons that people protested during the Swing Riots.