Geography
All of the water in the North allowed Northerners to do what:
fish, ship goods from ports.
Goods in the South were transported primarily by:
river
Were free African Americans in the North treated the same as white citizens in the North?
No.
The economy in the South was based on:
Agriculture
The Industrial Revolution was:
A shift from handmade goods to machine made goods.
The marshy landscape made it difficult to build these in the South:
roads and train tracks
This part of the country had more railroads.
The North.
In both the North and the South, women were often responsible for:
taking care of the home/family.
The cotton grown in the South was sent to the North to be used how:
factories, sewing, weaving
Northerners used the Forrest's for:
lumber to export
The most efficient way to move goods in the North in the 1850s was:
railroads
In the South, who was allowed to receive an education.
This invention of the cotton gin helped:
Cotton to become the South's most important crop.
The difference between an Agrarian and an industrialist is:
fertile plains, fast moving rivers, access to seaports
Steamboats
The political leaders in the South were:
Plantation owners/wealthy farmers.
This invention led to the industrialization of Northern agriculture.
The reaper.
Two conditions that encouraged people from Northern Europe to emigrate to the United States in the 1800s are:
war and famine
Textile mills were built by rivers because:
Rivers provided the power that ran the mills.
The South opposed laws that would provide federal improvements for roads and canals because:
They thought Northern states would be the only ones to benefit.
In both the North and the South, the majority of people did not have:
wealth and power.
Southerners did not invest money in mills and factories because:
They used their money to invest in land and enslaved people.
One reason that immigrants settled in the North is:
There were jobs available in mills and factories.