Geography
During the 1800s the jagged New England coast was a great place for?
shipbuilding, commerce, & fishing
The economy in the South was base on?
agriculture
What were early roads like in the 1800s
rutted boneshakers
horrible, terrible, bumpy, not maintained well
Who were the political leaders in the South?
wealthy planters
plantation owners
What was the most important product shipped by water?
cotton
The South was a great place for growing certain crops that could not grow in the North because its climate had
mild winters, and long hot, humid summers
The economy of the North was based on
Industry, trade, manufacturing, factories
How were most goods transported in the South
by river
riverboat
What was life like for African Americans in the North?
They were free but not treated as equal to other citiznes
more land, & slaves
What is at least one natural resource that could be found in the North
timber
coal
In the North, what event shifted from making & doing work by hand, to making & doing work with machines?
Industrial Revolution
In the North, how were goods transported by 1850?
by rail
railroad
what pushed Northern Europeans to immigrate to the US?
war & famine
What is the main difference between an agrarian in the South and an industrialist in the north?
one favors policies that support farming and the other favors policies that support factories
How did the climate differ in the North compared to the South?
There are four distinct seasons
The invention of what made cotton become the South's most important crop?
cotton gin
What innovation helped make river travel better in the early 1800s?
invention of the steamboat
How did most white families make a living in the south?
working their own farms & fields
rivers provided power to operate mills
What crops were grown in the Southern states?
cotton, tobacco, rice
How did the North invest their money?
mills & factories
Why did southerners oppose Congress spending money for internal infrastructure improvements?
What were the reasons that pulled immigrants to the north?
jobs in mills & factories
Most southerners lived on farms in rural areas. Where did more and more northerners start living?
in the cities (urban areas)