American History
Welcome to the virtual classroom. Please follow the below directions in order to complete the exercises and experience history via the web!
Attention! Before you begin, you will need to Login to your email and compose a message to your teacher with the below structure
Step 1-copy and paste the below into your email to the teacher-you will answer these questions before you click "send."
Name:
Class Period:
The North:
1. Explain how goods were made during the 1800s and how this impacted the growth of cities in the late 1850s and 60s.
2. What changes helped farmers to make more money growing wheat?
3. Factories in the north had some changes in the mid-1800s that helped define labor laws and reform; explain at least three of these changes in detail.
4. How did Americans feel about immigrants?
The South:
1. On what two things did the economy of the South depend on in the early years of the U.S.? How were the cities of the North different from the South and why?
2. Why was there such a demand/need for slave labor in the South?
3. List three effects that the cotton gin had on the South's economy?
4. What were the differences between the railroads in the North compared to the South?
Class Period:
The North:
1. Explain how goods were made during the 1800s and how this impacted the growth of cities in the late 1850s and 60s.
2. What changes helped farmers to make more money growing wheat?
3. Factories in the north had some changes in the mid-1800s that helped define labor laws and reform; explain at least three of these changes in detail.
4. How did Americans feel about immigrants?
The South:
1. On what two things did the economy of the South depend on in the early years of the U.S.? How were the cities of the North different from the South and why?
2. Why was there such a demand/need for slave labor in the South?
3. List three effects that the cotton gin had on the South's economy?
4. What were the differences between the railroads in the North compared to the South?