Regional Economies and Abolition

In 1793, who devised a simple machine that speeded the processing of cotton?

• Eli Whitney
• Thomas Edison
• Andrew Jackson
• Benjamin Franklin

What was the name of the invention that increased the need for slavery

• Telegraphs
• Railroads
• Cotton Gin
• Steam Engine

As THIS crop grew, slavery became significantly more important.

• Cotton
• Corn
• Tobacco
• Marijuana

Planters in the South increased their use of slave labor to supply more cotton to the northern___.

• critics of slavery
• textile industry
• unequal treatement
• system of slavery

How did the demand for cotton affect African Americans in the South?

• It increased the rate of runaways.
• It increased the reliance on northern textile mills.
• It increased southern reliance on slave labor.
• It led to a decrease in unemployment.

Which of the following was not a result of the invention of the cotton gin?

• Cotton profits increased enormously.
• Cotton growers used profits to build more textile mills.
• Cotton production increases required more slave labor.
• Cotton plantations extended as far west as Texas.

Most southern whites were_____.

• farmers
• industrialists
• factory workers
• slaves

What product was first made using machines in factories?

• Steel
• textiles
• locomotives
• flying shuttles

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• Cartel
• Corporation
• Factory
• Urbanization

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends