Northern And Southern Economies

Question 0

In what area did the first breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution take place?

Answer 0

Textile

Question 1

Define industrialization

Answer 1

The change of work from handmade to machine

Question 2

What did the water frame run on? What did it have to be close to?

Answer 2

It ran on water power and it needs to be by a river

Question 3

What was the advantage of steam power?

Answer 3

It wasn’t affected by the dry season

Question 4

What did the Steam Engine cause?

Answer 4

Innovation to the textile industry

Question 5

Know all 10 presidents

Answer 5

1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler

Question 6

Define mass production

Answer 6

The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods

Question 7

Define urbanization

Answer 7

The growth of cities due to the movement of people from rural areas (farms) to cities

Question 8

Why did people move from farms to cities/ what caused urbanization?

Answer 8

New job opportunities in factories in the city

Question 9

If there is a random question and one of the answers is Arkansas, is it Arkansas?

Answer 9

Yas

Question 10

What did steamboats and railroads do for us?

Answer 10

They increased profits

Question 11

What mode of transportation was fastest and cheapest?

Answer 11

Railroads

Question 12

What was the American System?

Answer 12

High tariffs for public works

Question 13

What part of the country supported the American System and which part didn’t?

Answer 13

The north supported it and the south didn’t

Question 14

What was the tariff used for?

Answer 14

It would provide review to the federal government to support northern industry

Question 15

Name 3 improvements caused by better transportation

Answer 15

1. National unity, linked us together
2. Opened up larger markets
3. Made moving people and products easier and cheaper

Question 16

How did the south ship goods?

Answer 16

On the Mississippi River

Question 17

Why did immigrants come to America?

Answer 17

More jobs in mills and factories

Question 18

What happened the the potato crop in 1845? What did it cause?

Answer 18

A fungus destroyed the potato crop leading to a famine which caused Irish immigration to America

Question 19

What was the south and it’s climate perf for?

Answer 19

Cash crops

Question 20

Who were political leaders in the south?

Answer 20

Wealthy planters

Question 21

Define a Planter

Answer 21

A person who owned 20 or more slaves

Question 22

What was the major conflict between the north and the south?

Answer 22

Slavery

Question 23

What city grew into the world’s largest cotton industry and why?

Answer 23

Memphis, Tennesse because it was along the Mississippi River which was the best way to ship the cotton harvest

Question 24

What was the most common slave job?

Answer 24

Field hands

Question 25

What did the cotton gin do? (3 things)

Answer 25

1. Made cotton very profitable
2. Opened up more land for cotton farmers in the west
3. Made the south more dependent on slave labor

Question 26

Why was there a lot of deforestation during this time?

Answer 26

Cutting down trees, particularly for railroad ties

Question 27

What was mineral extraction?

Answer 27

Getting coal

Question 28

What’s an Aristocrat?

Answer 28

The wealthy elite

Question 29

What was the most dreaded form of punishment for slaves?

Answer 29

Separation from their families

Question 30

How did the slaves resist their owners?

Answer 30

Found ways to avoid working

Question 31

Number 31 is c

Answer 31

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