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Growth of the Republic REVIEW

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    REVIEW of Life in the regions, Industrial Revolution, and Slave life
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  • What was the North's economy based off of?
    shipping and manufacturing
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  • What was the South's economy based off of?
    Cotton plantations and small tobacco farms (agriculture and slavery)
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  • What was the West's economy based off of?
    Farms producing wheat and corn
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  • The following were factors that encouraged industrialization. What is one more factor? A immigrants on plantations B government supported businesses C cheap land on the western frontier D large urban labor supply for factories
    D large urban labor supply for factories
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  • Did the Northeastern United States have short, rapidly moving rivers OR long, narrow bays and inlets?
    short, rapidly moving rivers
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  • Based on the following chart, who had the most urban development?
    The North
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  • What type of labor (or work force) did the South mostly profit from?
    slaves working on plantations
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  • Name 3 inventions that were invented during the Industrial Revolution.
    Steam boats, cotton gin, factory system, water mills, plow, etc.
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  • Who created the Cotton Gin?
    Eli Whitney
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  • How did steamboat effect travel and trade?
    They allowed boats to go both up and down the river.
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  • What impact did Samuel Slater have on the economy? A) His new cotton gin helped produce more textiles B) His new steam boats could transport more goods to the markets C) His new factory system allowed for an increase in manufactured goods
    C) His new factory system allowed for an increase in manufactured goods
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  • Based on the chart below, what was one of the outcomes of the cotton gin?
    More slaves were needed for picking cotton
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  • According to the passage above, which punishment did the slaves most fear?
    They feared having family members taken away from them.
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  • From the passage below, which piece of information shows that some slaves did learn to read and write despite laws that forbid them to do so?
    Some kept business records for their masters
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  • In addition to the Louisiana Purchas, the Texas Annexation, and Mexican Cession, what were factors that encouraged expansion?
    Discovery of Gold and Manifest Destiny
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  • What 3 things did James K. Polk accomplish as president of the United States?
    1) Settled the boundary of the Oregon Territory 2) Admitted Texas as a state 3) Acquired California and other territory in the West
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