TCI Lesson 19: The Worlds of the North and the South

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The geography of the South supported the growing of cash crops in all of these ways EXCEPT: It had wide, fertile coastal plains., It had access to seaports to export goods., It had plentiful rainfall and long growing seasons.

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It had fast-moving rivers as a source of power.

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The economy in the South was based on which of these? mining, banking, agriculture, shipbuilding

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agriculture

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How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the South?

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Cotton became the South's most important crop.

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Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution? A conflict between factory owners in cities., A shift from handmade products to machine-made products., A decrease in immigrant labor and an increase in enslaved labor., A change from privately owned businesses to government-controlled businesses.

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A shift from handmade products to machine-made products.

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Why were textile mills built near rivers?

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Rivers provided power to operate the mills.

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Which of these best describes the difference between an agrarian and an industrialist in the 1800s?

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One favors policies that support farming and the other favors policies that support factories.

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Unlike the North, why did Southerners invest little money in mills and factories?

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They put their money in land and enslaved people.

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By 1850, which of these was the most efficient way to move goods in the North? Options: by railroad, by steamboat, by canal boat, by stagecoach

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by railroad

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Why did the South oppose laws to provide federal money for internal improvements, such as roads and canals?

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They thought these improvements would benefit only Northern states.

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How were goods primarily transported in the South? Options: by air, by rail, by river, by road

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by river