Chapter 7 S.S. Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Which was the main reason young women were drawn to working in mills?	They wanted greater economic freedom.
Which was the main cause of the increase in the number and the size of cities in the United States?	the spread of factories
The development of interchangeable parts...	encouraged the spread of the factory system.
CAUSES: Improved textile machinery, Interchangeable parts, Abundant capital	EFFECTS: The start of the American industrial revolution, The growth of towns and cities
Which of the following occurred as the United States industrialized?	-People moved from the countryside to towns and cities for jobs. -Factory towns developed along rivers.
Look at the table of city growth between 1820 and 1860. Which factor was the MAIN reason for the data shown in the table?	the growth of industrialization and the development of factories
Why did skilled workers have more success at forming unions than other workers?	They were harder to replace.
Steam power, the growth of railroads, a free-market economy, and mass production led to a decrease in...	the costs of goods.
In the North, what did immigrants and African Americans have in common?	They faced widespread discrimination.
What was the MAIN reason many German immigrants moved west soon after arriving in the United States?	They were seeking economic opportunities.
One result of the invention of the cotton gin was...	an increase in the demand for slave labor.
Why did the South not develop a more robust manufacturing base?	Southern investors were more interested in land than industry.
Why did most free African Americans in the South live in Maryland and Delaware?	Slavery was decreasing in those states.
What were slave codes?	Laws that prohibited enslaved people from doing certain things, like reading, leaving the farm, etc.
Why were there fewer industries in the South than in the North in the mid-1800s?	People in the South with money bought farmland and enslaved workers./Many people in the South lacked the money to buy manufactured products.
What was the main reason many business owners in the North opposed abolition?	They depended on a steady supply of cotton from the South.
Why did Quakers and other religious leaders in the North oppose slavery?	They believed it was a sin for one person to own another person.
Which statement BEST describes the general route of the Underground Railroad?	It brought enslaved people to northern states where slavery had been abolished.
Horace Mann believed that reforming the American educational system was important because...	it would help people become better Christians.
What was significant about Seneca Falls for the women’s rights movement?	It was where women publicly demanded equal rights.

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