Lesson 19: The Worlds of North and 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 fast moving rivers as a source of power, 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? Options: 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 slave 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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Which invention was important to NORTHERN agriculture? (Mechanical) reaper, Steamboat, Power Loom, Sewing Machine

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(Mechanical) reaper

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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 1800's? Options: One is poor while the other is wealthy, One employs slaves and the other employs immigrants, One works to support a family while the other works to make money, One favors policies that support farming and the other favors policies that support factories

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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 slaves.

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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