https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a Made by: Alex Franco and Keaton Morris en-us 2019-03-18 19:40:41 UTC 2026-03-01 20:22:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/342593254 2019-03-18 19:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/342593254 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/342593558 Was heavily involved with slavery]]> 2019-03-18 19:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/342593558 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343054916 Slaves were the backbone of the economy and cotton was a very popular crop to grow and sell]]> 2019-03-19 19:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343054916 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343055558 Disease spread throughout cities because there was no sewage system]]> 2019-03-19 19:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343055558 23morrisk https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343055935 Steam boats were used for getting through rivers, and clipper ships were used to get across the oceans]]> 2019-03-19 19:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343055935 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343056802 Telegraph allowed for easy communication over long distances]]> 2019-03-19 19:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343056802 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343058932 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which made removing cotton seed from cotton a lot easier]]> 2019-03-19 19:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343058932 23morrisk https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343058952 Fires would spread and insurance companies would pay volunteer firefighters to put out fires in insured buildings]]> 2019-03-19 19:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343058952 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343059717 Within 70 years, the slave population had increased by 3.3 million ]]> 2019-03-19 19:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343059717 23morrisk https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343060738 Irish, German and other immigrants were coming to the United States and cities went from having 10,000-100,000 to 100,000 or more]]> 2019-03-19 19:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343060738 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343060790 Some slaves tried to escape north to be free, and some African Americans were free, but people kidnapped them to be slaves]]> 2019-03-19 19:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343060790 23francoa https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343061283 Slaves were shipped over from all across the globe in boats and when slaves escaped, they traveled by foot. ]]> 2019-03-19 19:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343061283 23morrisk https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343061295 Clothes were starting to become less expensive because of the sewing machine. Poor people started to look like richer people.]]> 2019-03-19 19:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/23francoa/yr7459calv7a/wish/343061295