Differences of North vs. South

The Industrial Revolution is best defined as

• period of rapid growth during which machines are essential to industry

• series of arguments between factory workers and employers

• time of great happiness about cotton

• period of focus in the the US government towards robots

This man brought textile machines to the US

• Moses Brown

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

• Richard Arkwright

Why were there more textile machines in the North than the South

• People had more money

• The North called for only river workers

• The South was not interested in textile mills

• The North had more rivers to power the mills

How did textile mills keep the cost of running a mill low?

• Didn't pay to replace machinery

• Hired children and paid them very little

• Trained artisans to work

• Paid federal workers very low wages

Which of these was NOT a working condition at the mills

• Fingers and arms were cut by the threads

• Workers paid well with a lot of vacation time

• Lungs filled with cotton filaments making it hard to breath

• Experienced hearing loss due to loud machines

What was a trade union

• Organization of workers who tried to improve pay and working conditions

• A gang of people trying to fight people in the streets

• A place for workers to eat and collaborate on ideas

• A group of workers who wanted to stop their employers from going on vacation

Why was the steamboat well suited to river travel?

• It traveled well upstream

• It was helped by other boats

• It needed wind for power

• It was as fast as a train on water

The South's economy was based primarily on

• textile mills

• factories

• agriculture

• ship building

The North's economy was based primarily on

• Slave trade

• farming

• cotton plantations

• Textile mills and industry

Where was the "cotton belt"?

• South Carolina to Texas

• Florida to Boston

• Across the North Western plains

• In Hawaii