Changing Technology/ The Agrarian South
Where would someone most-likely find a cotton-spinning mill?
Factories like the cotton-spinning mills were found mostly in the North
What invention increased sugar production and increased slavery?
The Multiple-Effect evaporator had effects very similar to the cotton gin.
How many Americans were foreign born by 1860?
1/8 Americans in 1860 were born somewhere else.
What was a major pull factor during the 1800s?
The discovery of gold in California was a pull factor.
What type of work did Chinese immigrants take?
What effect did industrialization and agriculture have on the North and the South?
The North and South grew apart because of rapid industrialization in the North and heavy reliance on agriculture in the South.
What advantages did steamboats have?
Steamboats replaced flat bottom boats because they could sail against the current.
Which immigrant group was the largest in the mid-1800s?
In the mid-1800s, millions of Irish immigrants came to the United States.
Why were German immigrants more likely to move west compared to Irish immigrants?
Germans moved out west because they had the money to do so.
Recollections of a Chinese Immigrant tells us the author didn't see himself as an American.
What result did the cotton gin have on the South and the North?
The cotton gin resulted in the expansion of slavery in the South and the rapid growth of the textile industry in New England.
What did Henry Miller Shreve do that improved the economy of Northern Louisiana?
Henry Miller Shreve invented a boat that enabled the removal of snags, opening new avenues of river travel.
What was a major push factor during the 1800s?
The Irish potato blight was a push factor.
What type of jobs did Irish immigrants have?
Many Irish immigrants took whatever jobs they could get.
Based on Recollections of a European Immigrant, what were living conditions like in big cities?
Recollections of a European Immigrant tells us that living conditions for most immigrants in cities were dreadful?