Industrial Development

What was the importance of the Continental Railroad?

• Created more markets for cotton
• It connected the East with West
• Gave many immigrants employment
• Eased the tensions between North and South

In addition to iron ore (steel), coal, and oil industries, identify a new industry that developed in the late 19th century.

• Agriculture
• Shipping
• Textiles
• Meatpacking

South Carolina benefitted from the new national industries?

• True
• False

Why did South Carolina not attract great numbers of immigrants? 

• Did not have a major port
• Not a healthy climate
• Not a state controlled by the Republican Party
• Few job opportunities

Why did the planter elite not welcome industrialization prior to the Civil War?

• Did not have funding to build factories
• Less noble than planter agricultural society
• Did not have a major port to export products
• Sharecroppers and tenant farmers refused to work in factories 

How did the growth of railroads affect Columbia, SC?

• Columbia manufactured railroad engines
• Columbia produced steel for the rails
• Columbia manufactured railroad cars
• Columbia became the railroad hub of SC

What necessity was brought about because of the transcontinental railroad?

• Time zones and standard time
• Railway stations
• Railroad workers
• Trained engineers

Finally, South Carolina's abundant supply of raw materials and changing attitude towards industry brought what to the state?

• Meatpacking Industry
• Oil Industry
• Textile Industry
• Railroad Industry

What group supplied labor for South Carolina's textile mills?

• African-Americans
• Northern laborers
• Foreign immigrants
• Poor white farmers

How did textile mills attract workers?

• high pay
• mill villages
• paid vacations
• insurance benefits