Lesson 12

Geography

100

All of the water in the North allowed Northerners to do what:

fish, ship goods from ports. 

200

The marshy landscape made it difficult to build these in the South:

roads and train tracks

300

Northerners used the Forrest's for:

lumber to export

400

These three factors helped the South grow cash crops:

fertile plains, fast moving rivers, access to seaports

500

Textile mills were built by rivers because:

Rivers provided the power that ran the mills. 

Transportation

100

Goods in the South were transported primarily by:

river

200

This part of the country had more railroads. 

The North.

300

The most efficient way to move goods in the North in the 1850s was:

railroads

400

In the North, the Great Lakes and rivers featured a lot of:

Steamboats

500

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.

Society

100

Were free African Americans in the North treated the same as white citizens in the North?

No.

200

In both the North and the South, women were often responsible for:

taking care of the home/family.

300

In the South, who was allowed to receive an education.

The children of wealthy plantation owners.

400

The political leaders in the South were:

Plantation owners/wealthy farmers.

500

In both the North and the South, the majority of people did not have:

wealth and power. 

Economy

100

The economy in the South was based on:

Agriculture

300

This invention of the cotton gin helped:

Cotton to become the South's most important crop.

400

This invention led to the industrialization of Northern agriculture. 

The reaper. 

500

Southerners did not invest money in mills and factories because:

They used their money to invest in land and enslaved people.

Industrial Revolution/Immigration

100

The Industrial Revolution was:

A shift from handmade goods to machine made goods. 

200

The cotton grown in the South was sent to the North to be used how:

factories, sewing, weaving

300

The difference between an Agrarian and an industrialist is:

The agrarian wants government policies that support farming, and the industrialist wants government policies that factories. 

400

Two conditions that encouraged people from Northern Europe to emigrate to the United States in the 1800s are:

war and famine

500

One reason that immigrants settled in the North is:

There were jobs available in mills and factories.