Reform and Sectionalism

What features make the South perfect for growing cotton?

• rocky soil and many seaports

• fertile soil and extended growing season

• many river and timber

• grassy plains

After the Nat Turner rebellion,

• the army was posted in the south.

• slavery was outlawed.

• harsher laws were created.

• constitutional amendments were passed to end slavery.

Suffrage means

• the right to bear arms

• the right to own slaves.

• the right to an education.

• the right to vote.

Trade unions were developed to

• improve working conditions.

• gain control of government positions.

• change the education system.

• organize workers whether skilled or unskilled.

Samuel Slater contributed to industry by

• inventing the cotton gin.

• introducing a system that led to an increase in manufactured goods.

• training workers by creating and educational system.

• by bringing steamboats into to industrial trade.

The majority of southerners

• had many slaves.

• had a few slaves.

• had no slaves.

• had slaves but got rid of them after many rebellions.

Southern women

• lived luxurious lives.

• were often isolated and uneducated.

• worked in factories.

• were treated like property, much like slaves.

The North was ideal for industry because of

• the many plantations.

• Natural resources and large labor force.

• cheap land.

• government owned businesses.

Immigrants that moved to the U.S. due to a potato famine were from

• China

• Russia

• Germany

• Ireland

The industrial system that largely hired women and manufactured goods under one roof was the

• Slater System

• Lowell System

• Fulton System

• Whitney System