Industrial Revolution (pre/post)

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

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Cotton became the South's most important crop

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What was an achievement of Francis Cabot Lowell?

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He helped build one of the first American textile factories

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

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They invested their money in land and slaves.

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With new steam-driven machines, northern factory owners could

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produce goods more cheaply and quickly

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Besides cotton, the South produced

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rice, tobacco, sugar cane

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Why was the concept of Interchangeable Parts important?

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Pieces could be mass produced to fix machines when they broke

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Why did slavery increase during the Industrial Revolution? Options: 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

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

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The Cotton Gin was invented by...

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Eli Whitney

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The economy in the South in the 1800's was

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based on agriculture (farming)

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What are textiles?

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a type of cloth or woven fabric