The Worlds of North and South

The economy in the South was based on which of these? (a)  

• agriculture
• mining
• banking
• shipbuilding

Click on the Northern states.

How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the South?

• Cotton mills moved to the South.

• Cotton farmers no longer needed slaves.

• Cotton became the South's most important crop.

What were the main means of transportation in the North?

• railroad

• flat boat

• canal

• stagecoach

How were goods primarily transported in the South?

• air

• rail

• river

• road

What was life like for free African Americans in the North?

• They were encouraged to move to the South.

• They were not treated as equal to other citizens.

• They had the same rights as all other citizens.

Factories

• North

• South

Plantations

• North

• South

Immigrants

• North

• South

Big Cities

• North

• South