8.37 to 39 Exit Ticket

(8.37) Who invented the cotton gin?

• John Deere

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

• Samuel Morse

The “Lowell System” was characterized by…

• A system of interchangeable parts for factories

• The development of cottage industries

• An industrial system of mass production 

• The adoption of labor unions and worker’s rights

Based on the map above, the northern economy…

• Focused on agricultural production for the textile industry

• Had a high concentration of industrialization

• Based itself on the use of sugar plantations

• Depended on tobacco and dairy farming

Which region of the country experienced the greatest growth of industry during the Industrial Revolution?

• Northeast

• South

• Southwest

• West

During the 1800s, European Immigrants primarily came to the United States to..

• Mine for and sell precious metals in the West

• Establish farms or work in urban factories

• Create model neighborhoods in cities in the South

• Work on railroads or serve in the military

Using your knowledge of history, what factors would have most influenced the trends seen in the maps above?

• Cities grew all over the country as congress passed laws encouraging people to stay in major cities to support industry instead of settling in the west.

• Cities in the Northern Eastern United States grew rapidly in the mid 1800’s due to immigration from Northern Europe.

• Cities shrank as agriculture and industry failed throughout the Eastern United States, causing deep economic instability.

• Growing fears over Civil War in the South caused many southern agricultural workers to immigrate to the north to seek out new opportunities.