United States History Student Edition

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IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN 1. Identify each of the following terms and briefly explain its significance to life in the North and the South. A. strike E. revival B. nativist F. temperance C. slave codes G. suffrage D. literacy H. coeducation REVIEWING KEY FACTS 2. Summarizing What happened during the third phase of industrialization in the North? 3. Making Connections Why did the growth of industry create a need for faster methods of communication? How did the telegraph help meet this need? 4. Explaining In what ways were African Americans in the North treated unfairly? 5. Identifying Which two countries accounted for the highest immigration to the United States during the first half of the 1800s? What were the immigrants’ main reasons for moving? 6. Explaining What was the main reason the Southern economy remained largely agricultural? 7. Summarizing Why did the demand for enslaved labor increase after the invention of the cotton gin? 8. Explaining How were slave codes used to control enslaved people in the Southern states? 9. Identifying Cause and Effect What factors made possible the growth of Southern cities such as New Orleans, Chattanooga, and Montgomery? 10. Summarizing Describe the educational reform movement and its impact on education in the United States.

CRITICAL THINKING 11. Making Connections Why was the market for manufactured goods in the South smaller than that in the North? How did this affect the development of industry in the South? 12. Analyzing How did John Deere’s invention of the steel-tipped plow encourage settlement in the Midwest? 13. Identifying Cause and Effect What effect did the rise of industry have on urban populations? 14. Analyzing What impact did reform movements have on child labor? 15. Drawing Conclusions What are some ways the rise of industry contributed to a growing divide between the North and the South? 16. Explaining What was life like for free African Americans in Southern cities? How were their rights limited? 17. Evaluating Why is the Second Great Awakening an appropriate name for the religious revival that led to social reform in the United States in the mid-1800s? 18. Explaining How did Mary Lyon help improve women’s education? 19. Identifying What rights did the delegates to the Seneca Falls Convention advocate for women? 20. Analyzing Why do you think delegates to the Seneca Falls Convention modeled their declaration on the Declaration of Independence?

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