us history

Question 1

Factory System:

Answer 1

Shift from home-based industries to centralized factories.
Emphasized supervised workforce (including women).
Reduced reliance on middlemen.

Question 2

Rise of the Market:

Answer 2

Factories produced cheaper, mass-produced goods.
Improved transportation (railroads, steamships) enabled a national market.

Question 3

Labor:

Answer 3

Immigrants, women, and children were prominent factory workers.
Low wages and harsh working conditions were common.

Question 4

Transportation:

Answer 4

Development of turnpikes, canals, and railroads connected regional economies.
Railroads helped transport Southern cotton to Northern textile mills.

Question 5

Cotton:

Answer 5

Cotton gin improved processing efficiency.
Expansion of cotton cultivation led to increased reliance on slavery.

Question 6

Transportation

Answer 6

Integrated regional economies into a national market.

Question 7

Labor

Answer 7

Factory and railroad workers endured exploitation with low pay and long hours.

Question 8

Types of Cotton:

Answer 8

Long-staple cotton-Short-staple cotton:

Question 9

Long-staple cotton:

Answer 9

Easy to process but limited to specific regions.

Question 10

Short-staple cotton

Answer 10

Harder to process but growable in more climates.

Question 11

Cotton Gin:

Answer 11

Increased cotton production by speeding up the process.

Question 12

Expansion of Slavery:

Answer 12

Growth in cotton cultivation required more enslaved labor.
The Southern economy became heavily dependent on cotton and slavery.

Question 13

How democracy expands

Answer 13

More white men (especially in the West) gained voting rights.

Question 14

How democracy Contracts or Stays the Same:

Answer 14

Women, Native Americans, and African Americans were still excluded from voting.

Question 15

Democratic Party:

Answer 15

Founded by Andrew Jackson.
Advocated states’ rights and limited government.

Question 16

Whig Party:

Answer 16

Opposed Jackson’s Democrats.
Supported a stronger federal government and economic intervention.

Question 17

Know-Nothing Party:

Answer 17

Focused on nativist and anti-immigrant policies.

Question 18

Native American Removal

Answer 18

: Democrats under Jackson supported forced relocation, e.g., the Trail of Tears.

Question 19

Internal Divisions

Answer 19

The Whig Party struggled with differing views, weakening its effectiveness.

Question 20

Nativism

Answer 20

The Know-Nothing Party’s anti-immigrant stance alienated immigrants and reduced support.