North and South

The economy of the south depended on what two factors?

• corn and farmers
• wheat and rice
• cotton and slaves
• corn and slaves

The economy of the north depended mainly on

• cash crops like corn and beans

• trade and manufacturing

• industries like blacksmiths and ship building

• cotton and tobacco production

_____________ was a person who is against slavery

• Immigrants
• Slaves
• Pioneers
• Abolitionist

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• George Washington
• Eli Whitney

How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?

• Cotton was made faster.
• Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.
• It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.
• all of the above

_______________ are pieces made to fit many machines or tools.

• Interchangeable parts
• Fixed parts
• Limited parts
• New parts

Why did river travel improve during the 1800s?

• because of the invention of the steam engine
• because of the invention of stagecoaches
• because of the invention of the reaper
• because rivers were getting faster every year

What did Samuel Morse invent?

• the steam engine
• the steamboat
• the telegraph machine
• the telephone

Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph. Which area of life was improved by this invention?

• communication
• farming
• industry
• transportation

The use of the ____________________ made it possible to make goods with many pieces faster and more cheaply.

• stage coach
• reaper
• interchangeable parts
• cotton gin