North & South
Which area of the United States became more urban, with many cities and factories?
North
What do we call buildings where goods are made using machines?
Mills or factories
What machine made it faster to remove seeds from cotton?
cotton gin
What type of wagon travel used horses and stopped often to change teams?
stagecoach
Which region remained mostly rural and focused on farming?
South
What natural power source helped run many early factories in New England?
flowing water from rivers and streams
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What were roads called where travelers paid a toll to use them?
turnpikes
What crop became the most important product grown in the South?
Cotton
Who built the first successful cotton thread mill in the United States?
Samuel Slater
Q: How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?
it made producing cotton faster and cheaper, increasing supply
Why were rivers important for transporting goods before railroads?
they allowed farmers to ship goods cheaply and easily
Why did the North and South develop different ways of life during the 1800s?
the North focused on manufacturing and cities, while the South focused on farming and agriculture?
Why were many early factories built near rivers and streams?
because moving water powered the machines
Why did cotton farming increase the demand for enslaved labor?
more cotton production required more workers on plantations
What invention allowed boats to travel upstream against river currents?
steamboats
How did slavery affect the economy of the Southern states?
enslaved labor made large cotton plantations profitable and helped the South grow wealthy
How did factories change where people lived in the United States?
people moved to cities to find factory jobs, causing cities to grow
How did cotton connect the economies of the North, South, and Great Britain?
the South grew cotton, the North and Great Britain used it in factories, and cotton was traded worldwide
Why did railroads become the most important form of transportation by the 1840s?
they were faster, could be built almost anywhere, and moved people and goods efficiently