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Unit6GRQsPart1

Chapter12:GrowthandExpansion

Lesson1AGrowingEconomy
1. WhatweresomereasonsthatNewEnglandbecamethecentralareaforthe
startoftheIndustrialRevolutionintheU.S.?

2. Whydidthedevelopmentofinterchangeablepartsleadtoanincreasein
factories?

3. Whatarethemainelementsofafreeenterprisesystem?

4. Howdidfactorygrowthleadtothedevelopmentoftownsandcities?

5. Whatproblemsdidcitiesfaceasaresultofrapidgrowthduringthe
IndustrialRevolution?

Lesson2MovingWest
1. Howdidthebuildingofroadwayscontributetotheeraofwestward
expansion?

2. Howdidthesteamboatchangerivertravel?

3. HowdidIrishimmigrantscontributetothebuildingoftheErieCanal?

4. HowimportantwastheErieCanalinhelpingtoconnect,unify,andexpand
thenation?

Chapter15:NorthandSouth

Lesson1TheIndustrialNorth
1. HowdidcanalsandrailwaysaffectmanufacturingandtradeintheU.S.?

2. Whateffectdidthegrowthofrailroadshaveonthenationsurbanization?

3. HowdidtheinventionofthetelegraphimpactcommunicationintheU.S.?

Lesson2PeopleoftheNorth
1. WhatchangesdidtechnologybringtomanufacturingintheU.S.?

2. Howdidconditionsforworkerschangeastechnologyspedthedevelopment
ofthefactorysystem?

3. Howwerewomendiscriminatedagainstintheworkplace?

4. Whateffectdidtheriseofindustryhaveonurbanpopulations?

5. WhichtwocountriesaccountedforthehighestimmigrationtotheU.S.during
thefirsthalfofthe1800s?Whatweretheirmainreasonsforimmigrating?

6. Whydideconomicandreligioustensionsarisebetweenimmigrantsand
nativewhiteAmericansinEasterncities?

Lesson3SouthernCottonKingdom
1. HowhadtheSouthchangedby1850?

2. Whateffectdidthecottonginhaveonproductivity?

3. Howdidtheinventionofthecottonginaffectthenumberofslavesinthe
South?

Lesson4PeopleoftheSouth
1. DescribethelifestyleofthemajorityofthewhitepopulationintheSouth.

2. Whywerespiritualsimportanttoslaveculture?

3. Whatweretheslavecodes?

4. WhywaseducationnotasimportantintheSouthasitwasintheNorth?

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