Geography
During the 1800s the jagged New England coast was a great place for?
what is shipbuilding, commerce, & fishing
The economy in the South was base on?
what is agriculture
What were early roads like in the 1800s
what is rutted boneshakers horrible, terrible, bumpy, not maintained well
Who were the political leaders in the South?
what is wealthy planters plantation owners
What was the most important product shipped by water?
what is cotton
The South was a great place for growing certain crops that could not grow in the North because its climate had
what is mild winters, and long hot, humid summers
the economy of the North was based on
what is Industry, trade, manufacturing, factories
How were most goods transported in the South
what is by river riverboat
What was life like for African Americans in the North?
What is They were free but not treated as equal to other citiznes
What is the main difference between an agrarian in the South and an industrialist in the north?
what is one favors policies that support farming and the other favors policies that support factories
What is at least one natural resource that could be found in the North
what is timber coal
In the North, what event shifted from making & doing work by hand, to making & doing work with machines?
what is Industrial Revolution
What innovation helped make river travel better in the early 1800s?
what is invention of the steamboat
what pushed Northern Europeans to immigrate to the US?
what is war & famine
How did southerners invest their money
what is more land, & slaves
How did the climate differ in the North compared to the South?
what is There are four distinct seasons
the invention of what made cotton become the South's most important crop?
what is cotton gin
Why did southerners oppose Congress spending money for internal infrastructure improvements?
what is They felt it only benefited the North
How did most white families make a living in the south?
what is working their own farms & fields
Why were textile mills built near rivers?
what is rivers provided power to operate mills
What crops were grown in the Southern states?
what is cotton, tobacco, rice
How did the North invest their money?
what is mills & factories
Why did southerners oppose Congress spending money for internal infrastructure improvements?
what is
They felt it only benefited the North
What were the reasons that pulled immigrants to the north?
what is jobs in mills & factories
Most southerners lived on farms in rural areas. Where did more and more northerners start living?
what is in the cities