North and South Grow Apart

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the North?

• It made the cities cleaner by introducing new technology.

• It led to more people being able to walk to work.

• It resulted in taller buildings, changing the look of big cities.

• It encouraged people to move out of the cities.

How did the Industrial Revolution influence the North?

• It resulted in lots of smaller buildings instead of taller ones.

• It allowed people to walk around instead of using public transportation.

• It inspired a mass movement of people to the country.

• It caused pollution in cities due to factories burning coal.

What was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on the North?

• an increased flow of people into the cities

• cleaner streets

• decreased use of public transportation

• an increase in wide, rather than tall, buildings

The steam engine influenced the growth of the economy in the North. Which statement about the steam engine is false?

• It led to improved transportation systems.

• It provided the main fuel needed to increase iron production.

• It sped up the production of cotton in textile factories.

• It powered factories when they were built in cities.

How did Francis Cabot Lowell influence the growth of the economy in the North?

• He replaced workers with machines in the factories, forcing people to look for new jobs in the country.

• He invented inexpensive machines that allowed people to spin cloth in their homes, helping to keep cotton production a small-scale business.

• He discovered a way to turn cotton fibers into yarn, which increased the demand for cotton.

• He created a system in which textiles were manufactured entirely within one factory, speeding up production.

How did steel influence the growth of the cities in the North?

• It allowed for the creation of taller buildings, which led to more people working in the cities.

• It improved the air quality of the cities, encouraging more people to move there.

• It encouraged more manufacturing in smaller towns, so people moved away from the cities.

• It allowed for the creation of smaller buildings, which decreased the size of cities.

Why was the National Road important for transportation?

• It decreased the travel time for people going to work in New York, helping to grow the city.

• It was inexpensive compared to other forms of transportation, so it was able to be finished quickly.

• It connected farms in the West to seaports in the East, improving trade.

• Its construction led to the national government being in charge of transportation between states.

How did the Erie Canal improve transportation?

• It provided the most efficient way for people to move between the eastern cities and the farms in the West.

• It provided a cheap and efficient way to move between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.

• It connected the North and the South, increasing trade.

• It allowed ships to pass from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

How did building railroads affect the economy?

• They allowed people and goods to travel farther than before.

• They were slower than roads but could carry more passengers.

• They could travel very fast but only carry light loads.

• They led to fewer people working in cities.

Why did cotton replace tobacco as the main crop in the South?

• Cotton had a lower human cost than tobacco did.

• Cotton became faster to clean with the cotton gin.

• Cotton required less land than tobacco did.

• Cotton could be grown all over the South, whereas tobacco was grown only in some areas.