Antebellum Era

In the North, what were farmers mainly producing

• Cash Crops

• Food Crops

• Corn

• Indigo

The Northern Economy thrived due to...

• Growing Industry

• Subsistence farming

• foreign help

• the growth of abolition

Which region had the majority of the wealth in the US during the Antebellum Period?

• North

• South

• West

What were the first factory laborers in the North?

• Ladies of Liberty

• Irish Immigrants

• Mill Girls

• German Immigrants

Who were generally more willing to work for lower wages in the North than the women?

• Children

• Freedmen

• Immigrants

• Slaves

Linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

• Mississippi River

• Erie Channel

• Erie Canal

• Hudson River

The South's society was primarily

• Industrial

• Frontier

• Agricultural

The West's society was primarily

• Industrial

• Frontier

• Agricultural

Most farmers in the South

• Owned plantations

• Owned many slaves

• Owned small amounts of land

• Grew only cash crops

The primary interest of Southern plantation owners was

• cash crops

• food crops

• tobacco

• indigo