Geography
These natural features were perfect for the North's economy of shipbuilding and fishing
Bays and Inlets
The South's economy is based on what?
Agriculture
How did people in the South move their goods around?
Steamboats/ On Rivers
What group dominated the economy and politics of the south
Wealthy planataion owners
The North's thick forests of spruce and fir allowed the North the make money by doing what?
harvesting lumber/timber/wood
This was a cash crop in the South
Cotton
By 1860, how many miles of rail linked Northern factories to cities hundreds of miles away?
20,000
Many immigrants that came to the North were from what country?
Ireland (or Germany)
This was a large, forested region in the North that boasts some of the best agricultural soil in the world.
Central Plains
This technological development directly impacted the South's economy
The Cotton Gin
By 1860, how many miles of rail did the South have?
10,000
Since public schools were few and often inferior to those in the Norther, what were many children unable to do?
Read and write (illiterate)
These crops grew well in the swamps and marshes of the south
Rice and sugarcane
This event shifted production from human made to machine made
The Industrial Revolution
What canal provided the first all-water link between the farms on the Central Plains and the East Coast City
The Erie Canal
By 1860, about 7 out of 10 Northerners still lived where?
On farms
This natural feature was important to the south's primary form of transportation.
Broad, flat rivers
This technological development allowed businesspeople to build factories anywhere, not just along rivers.
The steam engine
The National Road
List a push or pull factor that encouraged immigrants to come to America