APUSH outline

PROMPT: To what extent did agriculture systems in the south change after the Civil War? Context: When did agriculture in the south become popularized? ● Agriculture in the culture in the south began to popularize during the 18th to 19th centuries, more specifically the 1800’s - 1840’s. ● People start to manufacture goods like cotton, innovate technology for farming, and build industrialization. Which wealthy individuals were involved in mechanizing plantation systems? ● White farmers, southern plantation owners, inventors ● Cyrus McCormick; he invented the mechanical reaper to save time and double the crop size. ● John Deere; he invented the plows to cut through the plants easily. ● Harriet Strong; he invented a system of dams and water storage places to control the floods. ● Benjamin Holt; he invented tractors that impacted in road building, earthmoving, logging, and military operation. Who operated farms before the Civil War? ● Farmers ● Rich plantation owners (slave labor) in the south What agriculture structures were in place before the Civil War? ● Large scale plantations ○ Primarily producing cotton for exports Where was the product moved to? ● Great Britain How did it get moved? ● Steamboats via the Mississippi River Consider the 8 themes of APUSH Pick three of the eight. ● WXT (work, exchange, and technology) ● MIG (migration and settlement) ● SOC (social structures) Thesis : (Incorporate the themes in your thesis statement) The occurrence of the Civil War affected agricultural systems by influencing changes in social structures, patterns of migration and settlement, alongside work and labor forces. Argument 1 + supporting evidence Restate your first theme and provide relevant evidence. With the happening of the Civil War, one of the changes left upon agricultural systems was the impact on social structures. Explain the evidence using specific key terms and descriptions.

● Social structures (SOC) ○ small white farmers, thrown into poverty by the war, entered into cotton production ○ Slaves gain rights ■ Emancipation acts extend rights of emancipated slaves ■ Wealthy slave and plantation owners decline as slavery is abolished Write one sentence that connects the evidence back to your thesis. Of the many changes brought about`with the Civil War, shifts in the social structure, specifically the rise of the enslaved and the decline of the wealthy plantation owners, can be recognized as a noteworthy revolution during this time period Argument 2 + supporting evidence Restate your second theme and provide relevant evidence. Another change left upon agricultural systems from the Civil War was the impact on migration and settlements. Explain the evidence using specific key terms and descriptions. ● Migration and settlements (MIG) ● Civil War triggered the great migration ○ Most african american slaves were positioned in the south due to the slave plantations and the era of king cotton ○ Opportunities for equality and more freedom opened up regions that were previously restricted ○ The Great Migration ■ Six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s. (the end of the civil war leads to the start of the great migration) Write one sentence that connects the evidence back to your thesis. The Civil War and the abolition of slavery it brought allowed for changes in migration and settlements, permitting individuals who were once slaves to spread out throughout the country. Argument 3 + supporting evidence Restate your third theme and provide relevant evidence. Not only had the Civil War impacted the agricultural systems in terms of social structures and migrations, it also played a role in shifting the types of work and labor during this time period. Explain the evidence using specific key terms and descriptions. Write one sentence that connects the evidence back to your thesis ● WXT (work, exchange, and technology) ○ Slavery/plantation system declines ■ Why? ■ Due to the abolition of slavery, plantations are no longer able to run or operate. ○ US adopts new primary agricultural systems ■ Plantation systems replaced by sharecropping and tenant farming ■ Sharecropping/tenant farming