Study Guide

New York City became the Trade Hub because of the building of the ______ ________.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Telegraph Lines

• Erie Canal

• Cumberland Road

Why did Immigrants go to the north more than to the south?

• North had more government control

• South had more Agriculture

• South had less factories

• North had more slaves

Why did the Chinese come to the United States during the 1850's?

• inexpensive farmland

• escape famine

• gold

• religious freedom

The Cotton Gin made slavery more

• expensive

• profitable

• spreadable

• desirable by everyone

Telegraph lines lead to the

• rapid spread of information across the country

• decrease need for communication

• increased desire for less news around the world

• more reliance on hand written letters

with advancement in technology in the late nineteenth century how did it advance society?

• improved production and increased competition

• made handmade goods more affordable

• made wages go up

• increased need for farmers

With industrialization came

• decreased sectional differences

• increased sectional differences

• more jobs in farming

• less need for transportation

increased need for cotton leads to increased need for

• industry in the south

• immigration into the south

• food crops increase in the south

• slaves

The Midwest gave us a place for immigrants to settle and

• set up factories

• establish farms

• build industries

• plantations

to build the transcontinental railroad we had to

• blast tunnels, build bridges, level hills

• drain rivers, destroy valleys, and build roads

• build trails, build boats, and dams

• build lakes, roads, and train tracks