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Ch. 11 Lesson 1 A Growing Economy
How does geography influence the way people live?
Industrial Growth
Explain the effects of geography or technology on the Industrial Revolution.
1. Geography—Farming:
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2. Geography—Rivers and Streams:
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3. Geography—Cities:
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4. Technology—Machines:
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5. Technology—Cotton Gin:
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6. Technology—Interchangeable Parts:
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7. Technology—Factory System:
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Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
Agriculture Grows
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space.)
factories
agriculture
production
west
valuable
slavery
Americans
economic
increased
wheat
cotton
pork
land
enslaved
gin
Many New Englanders went to work in 8. _______________ in the early 1800s. Most 9.
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still lived and worked on farms. The main source of 10. _______________ activity in the United
States was
11. _______________.
As settlers moved 12. _______________, so did agriculture. In the region north of the Ohio
River
farmers raised 13. _______________, corn, and 14. _______________.
The textile factories in New England created a larger demand for 15. _______________. Cotton
16. _______________ grew quickly in the South. The cotton 17. _______________ allowed
farmers
to produce more cotton more quickly. Planters could grow cotton over a much wider area.
Southern
farmers moved west to find more 18. _______________ to plant the 19. _______________
crop.
Between 1790 and 1820, cotton production rose from 3,000 to 300,000 bales per year.
20. _______________ increased as cotton farming spread. More cotton production required
more
21. _______________ workers. The enslaved African population in the United States
22. _______________ from about 700,000 to 1.2 million between 1790 and 1810.