PEP Wk15 Sectionalism & Reform

In the early 1800s, the ______ between the North and South grew.

• similarities

• politics

• differences

• wealth

The Southern economy was primarily based on ____.

• factories

• shipping

• farming

• politics

Owners of large farms, called ____, used slave labor.

• plantations

• urban sprawl

• acres

• gardens

The South’s ____ was ideal for growing cotton.

• cool climate

• excessive rainfall

• warm climate

• rocky soil

_______ built factories to make cotton clothing, increasing the demand for cotton in the South.

• The North

• Germany

• France

• Great Britain

Farmers first moved to western _____ in the early 1800s and planted a lot of cotton.

• Europe

• Tennessee

• United States

• Virginia

In 1819, a group of wealthy men founded ______.

• Nashville

• New Orleans

• London

• Memphis

Its location of Memphis on the _______ made it a center for buying, selling, and shipping cotton.

• Mississippi River

• Gulf of Mexico

• Lake Genoa

• Sugar Creek

Soon major ______ lines went through Memphis.

• telephone

• railroad

• graphing

• cable

The _____ was an important booming U.S. cotton economy of the 1800s.

• Nashville Cotton Program

• National Cotton Traders

• Memphis Cotton Exchange

• Mississippi River Cotton Company