Regional Differences (North vs. South)

Changes to the Northern economy were because of which of the following events?

• Scientific Revolution

• French Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Latin Revolution

The main source of money for people in the North was...

• Farming

• Factories

• Slave Labor

• Shipping

The main source of money for the South was...

• Factories

• Farming

• Shipping

• Railroads

Due to the urbanization of the North, many ___________ began to move to these new cities looking for work

• Actors

• Artisits

• Politicians

• Immigrants

During the 1800s, which of the following transportation methods was helpful in transporting goods from city to city in the North?

• Car

• Train

• Plane

• Steamboat

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

• Frederick Douglass

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Watt

Which of the following best describes the impact of the cotton gin on farming in the South?

• The cotton gin was supposed to decrease the need for slave labor but instead, southern farmers purchased even more land to farm

• The cotton gin made slavery obsolete (out-dated, gone)

• It made farming more desirable to those living in the North and many migrated South to purchase farm land

• It ruined the Southern economy and hurt their chances of winning the Civil War just a few years later

Which of the following is the likely definition of sectionalism?

• Favoring another country

• Opposition to the region you live in

• Strong loyalty to one region

• Disagreeing with local politicians

The abolition movement was the movement to end what?

• Tariffs

• Slavery

• Sectionalism

• Trade with Great Britain

Check all of the following who participated in the Abolition Movement...

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Henry Clay

• William Lloyd Garrison