7.1 Second Great Awakening leads to Reform Warmup

Match the term to the definition

• Mercantilism

• Rich farmland, moderate climate, grew oats, wheat, grain

• Middle Colonies Economy

• Economy with little government regulation; developed in response to strong colonial trade laws

• Free enterprise

• British controlled colonial trade; angered colonists

• Urbanization

• People moved from rural areas to cities for factory work

• Spain

• Claimed Florida, Texas, California; built missions 

This list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from - 

• China

• Italy

• Germany

• Japan

The completion of the Erie Canal played a key role in which development?

• New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport

• New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade

• Washington, D.C., becoming the cultural and political center of the nation

• Boston becoming one of the country's largest transportation hubs

The invention discussed in this article led directly to -

• the expansion of educational opportunities for women

• rapid communication of information to distant locations

• the increased ability of people to work at night

• rapid population growth in the western territories

The best selection to complete 5 is -

• interchangeable parts

• labor unions

• canals

The best selection to complete 6 is -

• decreased

• increased

• remained the same

Which title best completed this diagram? 

• Reasons for Urbanization

• Innovations in the Cottage Industry

• Causes of Rural Development

• Expansion of Employees’ Rights

After the War of 1812, thousands of settlers and immigrants moved to the western frontiers of the United States in search of farming and business opportunities. In response, the government began building roads. This transportation network was intended to - 

• promote the free-enterprise system

• establish federal control over industry

• discourage the organization of new territories

• prevent border disputes between states

Match the groups to their contributions

• Chinese immigrants

• Came to West Coast for economic opportunity, worked on Transcontinental Railroad

• Irish Immigrants

• Escaped poliitcal turmoil, mostly became farmers, valued education

• Quakers

• 1st Anti-Slavery Society, lived in Pennsylvania

• German immigrants

• Settled in Massachusetts to build a "city on a hill"

• Puritans

• Escaped the potato famine; worked in factories and on the Transcontinental Railroad

Label the Sections of the U.S. and what their primary economy was

c

d

e

f

b

a

South

North

Plantation System

West

Mining

Manufacturing