Differences between the North and the South

Name the main economy of the South

• Industry

• Agriculture

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

• Cotton mills moved to the south

• Cotton exports to Europe declined

• Cotton farmers no longer needed slaves

• Cotton became the South's most important cash crop

Which natural feature did textile mills need to be built near?

• hills

• rivers

• valleys

• oceans

Define industrialization.

• Focus on agrarian way of life

• Use of ships for exports

• Move of economy toward manufactured goods

• Focus on mining for a locations economy

Define agrarian

• Supports strong government

• Supports industry and busiiness

• Supports Thomas Jefferson

• Supports way of life based on farming

Define industrialist

• Supports policies that promote business

• Supports equal treatment of women

• A business owner who only exports to France

• A congressman

Name the main form of transportation to move goods in 1850 in the North.

• Road

• River

• Railroad

Name the main form of transportation to move goods in the South.

• River

• Road

• Railroad

Name the group of people that made up the political leaders of the South.

• Poor whites

• Wealthy plantation ownder

• Free blacks

• Immigrants

Describe life for free African Americans in the North.

• Free but equal

• Free but unequal