Sectionalism and Its Impact on the United States

An English mechanic who shared the plans of the English mill machine with America, revolutionizing the textile industry (hero or villain)

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

• Richard Arkwright

• James Hargreaves

organizations who worked to improve the conditions and pay of its members

• trade unions

• professional associations

• labor federations

• business coalitions

cloth or woven fabric items

• fabrics

• textiles

• materials

• fibers

work stoppage and protests

• strike

• demonstration

• rally

• protest

the production of large amounts of standardized products.

• Mass production

• Batch production

• Custom production

• Handmade production

loyalty or support of a particular region or section of the nation, rather than the United States as a whole.

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• patriotism

• federalism

a machine that uses electricity sent through wires to send messages and information

• telegraph

• telephone

• radio

• fax machine

At what point did the issues of sectionalism become a threat to the unified and expanding nation?

• When the North and South began to develop distinct economic interests.

• When Northerners became more opposed to slavery and Southerners more united in its defense.

• When the federal government imposed tariffs that favored Northern industries.

• When Western territories sought statehood and debated the issue of slavery.

The cotton gin, invented in 1793, separated cotton fibers from the seed. Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

parts made the exact same by a machine tool.

• Interchangeable parts

• Unique components

• Custom parts

• Variable parts