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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?