Chapter 11 Flashcards
In 1860 what was America’s most important export?
Cotton
What was America’s first major industry?
Textiles
What was the main reason the south fell behind the north in developing industry?
Reliance on cotton exports for income
Why were roads so common in early America when travel by boat was much cheaper?
Roads were the only way to reach landlocked areas
What was Americas first economically successful railroad?
Baltimore & Ohio
What events was heralded by the words “what hath God wrought”?
The first intercity telegraph message
The wrong motives that lay behind public education America was that educators
Believed they could solve societies problems
The Seneca Falls convention passed with resolutions which supported what important area of reform?
Women’s suffrage
