Industrial Revolution (pre/post)

Choose a way the geography of the South supported the growing of cash crops...

• it had fast moving rivers as a source of power

• it had plentiful and long growing seasons

• it had access to seaports to export goods

• it had wide, fertile coastal plains

Which of the following is related to ECONOMICS?

• money

• rocky soil

• government

• trade

Which of the following is related to GEOGRAPHY?

• rivers

• rocky soil

• factories

• presidents

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

• Cotton became the South's most important crop

• Cotton exports to Europe declined.

• The enslavement of people in the south decreased

• Cotton mills moved to the south

What was an achievement of Francis Cabot Lowell?

• He helped build one of the first American textile factories

• He established a cotton plantation that did not use slaves

• He invented a large number of popular agricultural tools

• He stated an abolitionist group to end slavery

Unlike the North, why did Southerners invest little money in mills and factories?

• They invested their money in land and slaves.

• They thought mills and factories caused pollution.

• They did not buy manufactured goods.

• They preferred the lifestyle of small family farmers.

With new steam-driven machines, northern factory owners could

• employ fewer workers

• produce more expensive goods

• stop buying southern cotton

• produce goods more cheaply and quickly

Besides cotton, the South produced

• wheat

• molasses and rum

• cloth and tools

• rice, tobacco, sugar cane

Why was the concept of Interchangeable Parts important?

• Machines had to be sent to a craftsman to replace the piece

• If something broke you could hire someone to create a unique one

• Send messages through electric pulses

• Pieces could be mass produced to fix machines when they broke

Why did slavery increase during the Industrial Revolution?

• decreased demand for cotton because of the cotton gin

• the need for labor in factories

• increased demand for cotton due to the invention of the cotton gin

• the high cost of processing cotton