The South – low immigration, huge income disparity, replicated Medieval Europe
    A.    Cotton Kingdom – 1788 – South dying, overworked land, unmarketable products
        a.    Slavery increased – Eli Whitney – Cotton Gin
            i.    Increased labor also improved Northern shipping industry
        b.    ½ cotton in world from the South, England 75% from South
            i.    England economy depended on Southern cotton
    B.    Planter Aristocracy – “cottonocracy” – oligarchy – few control many
        a.    Biggest planters controlled social, political, economic life
        b.    Received finest education – statesmen who served public
            i.    Public education suffers
        c.    Women bought into system – controlled households
    C.    Poor whites – accepted system, dream of moving up, needed racial superiority
    D.    Scotch Irish – Appalachian Mountains – “white trash” – civilization ignored
    E.    Nature of Slavery
        a.    One 20th century view – slavery ending, owners paternalistic, blacks naturally inferior – need to be taken care of
            i.     Not true – economically still expanding, not dying
            ii.    1954 Slavery compares to concentration camps
            iii.   Paternalistic – selfish method just to get more labor
            iv.   Slaves fake “Sambo” laziness as method of coping/rebel
        b.    Black women must balance as white caregiver, laborer, family anchor

The North – industry, manufacturing, heavy immigration – urbanized
    A. Immigration – 95% came to the North
        a. Irish – NY/Boston – low skilled labor – left due to potato famine
        b. German – left due to crop failures, democracy failure of 1848 revolution
            i. Midwest – contributed - gave US literature, kindergarten, Xmas tree

The West – young attracted, adventurous opportunities – life actually sucks
    A.    Gradually destroyed land – overworked, just moved on – pushed out Indians, animals
    B.    Frontier – belief that you can always start out fresh out West
    C.    More equality for women, supply and demand, they can leave if not treated properly
    D.    Squatters – simply move to land, build house, claim property – hard to kick off