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Why was American industry concentrated in the North? Why was the growth of the textile industry important? |
It had small, fast moving rivers, and because the North had more had more people and a larger workforce. Because it made the North more dependent on southern cotton, encouraging the growth of slavery there. |
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What was the "Lowell" system? |
A textile mill labor system that employed young, unmarried women and children as well. Most of these workers lived in company housing and made between 2 to 4 dollars a week and worked up to 14 hours a day. |
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What 4 "pull factors" led to immigrants coming to America? |
1. rapid industrialization meant there were many jobs available. 2. the United States had an "open door" immigration policy, meaning if you made it here you could stay. 3. the United States was a democracy 4. the United States did not have a long history of religious persecution |
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What 4 "push factors" led to immigrants coming to America? |
1. Population Growth 2. Crop Failures 3. Religious Turmoil 4. Political Turmoil |
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How many Germans immigrated? Why did they come? What were the Germans like? |
7 million. They were seeking political freedom after a failed democratic revolution in 1848. Middle Class. |
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How did the British treat their Irish subjects? What happened in the mid 1800s that led to Irish immigration to the United States? |
The British treated their Irish subjects with great harshness and cruelty. Potato famine. |
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Why did the Irish have a tougher time than the Germans did in the United States? |
They were typically poor. They also faced discrimination because they were Catholic. |
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Which immigrant group came to South Bend in the largest numbers? What influence did they have? |
The Polish. First, they were Catholic, which made South Bend a Catholic town. Second, they tended to vote for the Democratic Party, which made South Bend the Democratic town it is. |
