U.S. History Quiz (1924)

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    The invention of the cotton gin made cotton the great export commodity of the South after 1800.

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    By 1825, most of the world's supply of raw cotton came from the South.

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    On most plantations slaves were treated harshly.

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    The small numbers of plantation owners in the South made the South very undemocratic.

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    Low prices for cotton and high costs of production were gradually bringing the South to the point of economic ruin.

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    Wealth accumulated rapidly in the South due to their great exports of raw cotton.

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    The South favored a protective tariff for their cotton.

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    The small farm section in the Northwest prevented the growth of a landed aristocracy.

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    The South became dependant on the Northwest for foodstuffs and thus contributed to the development of this section.

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    The East was the last section of the country to adopt methods of scientific farming.

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    Before 1830 most farming was done by using hand tools.

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    Iron plows were slow to be adpoted because many farmers believed that iron in the plow poisoned the soil.

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    The McCormick reaper was not generally used until after the Civil War.

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    Farm machinery could not accomplish much more than a main doing the same work by hand.

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    Machinery made farming a profitable endeavor.

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    As the South became more economically distressed, the Northwest became more economically indepedent.

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    Prosperity in this country brought thousands of immigrants here from strife ridden Europe.

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    The majority of these immigrants settled in the East or went to the farm lands in the West.

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    The Irish were for the most part settled on the farmlands of the West.

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    Up to 1800 most of our manufactured goods were imported from Europe.

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    The embargo and the War of 1812 marked the real beginnings of American manufactures.

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    The first cotton mlll started in Pawtucket, R.I. in 1790.

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    British "dumping" of goods and high imports led to the principle of tariff protection and the tarrif of 1816.

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    Such a policy was strongly opposed by the Democrats of the time.

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    The sewing machine was invented in 1846.

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    The high cost of machinery made cotton cloth very expensive.

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    Pennsylvania became the center of a growing iron industry.

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    The factory system led to an increase in the employment of women and children in large numbers.

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    While labor conditions were bad here they were much better than in England.

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    Factory wages ranged from $10. to $15. per week.

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    Board and room could be had for $1.25 per week.

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    Hours of work were usually from dawn to dusk.

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    New Harmony was the name given to the invention of the harmonica.

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    Trade unions began in this early period.

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    Efforts were made in Mass. to improve working conditions.

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