Lesson 22
What type of jobs did free African Americans do?
Free African americans jobs were laborers, craftspeople, or household servants in towns and cities.
How did the physical geography of the North influence economic activity in the region?
Since the NES had rocky soil, they turned to the seaports that allowed commerce, fishing, shipbuilding, and harbors to flourish.
How did transcendentalism contribute to the spirit of reform?
by urging people to question society's rules and institutions.
What was Economy In the South?
In the mid-1800s, the Southern economy was largely dominated by the production of cotton as a cash crop, heavily reliant on slave labor.
What was Transportation in the South.
Primarily relied on waterways like rivers, using steamboats to move goods like cotton.
If the majority of White Southerners were not enslavers, why did the South remain so loyal to slavery?
Everyone wanted to produce cotton,people wanted to have slaves so that they can make more money.slaves are always at the bottom and the white poor were at the middle plantation owners were at the top.
How did the physical geography of the South influence economic activity in the region?
Fostering a large-scale plantation agriculture system focused on cash crops like cotton, tobacco, and rice.
What is Prison Reform?
The attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, improve the effectiveness of a penal system, reduce recidivism or implement alternatives to incarceration.
what did the North have more of than the South?
Unlike the North, the South had very little industrial development, focusing primarily on agricultural production.
What was Transportation like in the North?
The mid-1800s, transportation in the North was primarily dominated by a network of canals and rapidly expanding railroads
what are three details of the working conditions of enslaved people.
After dark, there was still water to carry, wood to split, pigs to feed, corn to shuck, cotton to clean, and other chores to be done.
How did technological developments affect agriculture in the South?
Increasing cotton production, making it the region's primary cash crop, while also reinforcing reliance on slave labor to meet the high demand for cotton processing
What is Education Reform.
The process of improving the educational system to address challenges and create better learning outcomes.
What did the South have more of the North?
The South had significantly more slave labor than the North, primarily due to the climate and soil conditions that were ideal for large-scale plantation agriculture.
What is another thing the South has for transportation?
The South had wagons and oxen to pull the goods to the locations the goods need to go too.
what are three details about the living conditions of enslaved people.
beds were collections of straw and old rags. Even then, most enslaved people ate food that was often not plentiful, fresh, or varied enough to prevent sickness or hunger.
How did technological developments and industry affect the Northern economy?
Introducing machinery, establishing factories, improving transportation and communication, and leading to urbanization.
Explain what The Movement to slavery is.
Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world.
What was economy like in the North?
Primarily based on manufacturing and industry, with a focus on textiles, machinery, and other manufactured goods
What is another thing the North used for transportation?
The North used Steam boats to carry goods across the Mississippi rivers, also conows too.
what are three methods that enslavers used to control the people they enslaved.
they would whipping, shackling, beating, mutilation, branding, and imprisonment.
What are the economic and political factors involved in building a network of roads, canals, and railroads?
Key economic factors include the need to facilitate trade by connecting markets, enabling cheaper transportation of goods, stimulating economic growth in new regions, and creating jobs in construction and related industries.
Explain what Equal Rights for Women is.
The right to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination; to be educated; to own property; to vote; and to earn a fair and equal wage.
What did the North and the South have in common?
In the mid-1800s, the North and South of the United States shared a common interest in maintaining the Union as a whole.
What was one thing the North and the South had in common for transportation?
The North and the South both had reliance on river systems for transporting goods.