6.

        The development of the canals and rail network allowed faster shipping of
goods between the East and Midwest.

7.           The telegraph allowed long distance “calls” to be transmitted in a matter of

minutes or seconds, and eliminated distance in their vast country.

8.        Three reasons why the population of cities increased was because of immigrants
coming to the U.S. (mostly Irish), the growth of factories, and that the cities were
trading points.

9.        The goal of strikes was to demand for better pay with reasonable hours of work.

10.      The women were given less pay and higher work hours than the men.

11.      The immigration from Germany increased because they sought work
opportunities, and because of the failure of a democratic revolution.

12.      The cotton gin decreased the time of picking the seeds out of the cotton bales.
This allowed more crops to be planted.

13.      The South’s economy was made up of selling cotton.

14.      The Underground Railroad was a system of freeing slaves with the aid of freed
slaves or others.

15.      The slave code made the slaves “uncivilized” in the American way, so that they
couldn’t rebel using words.

16.      The improvements in transportation made the industry economy for the North
more efficient because then, the items can be traded or sold to some other parts of the
country, or to other countries.

17.      One advantage for living of city life in the North would be job opportunities, and
one disadvantage would be low pay, but long hours of work.

18.  Use of railroads-

North

 Direct transportation of grain, livestock, and dairy products.

 Growth of cities in Midwest.

South

 Faster transportation of the South’s goods to the factories in the North.

19.       African Americans mixed their customs with American elements to make a new
custom. Native born African Americans practiced African music and dance.

20.       The graphs show the difference of African American population in the North
and South in 1860.

21.       1/3 of the South’s population was made up of African Americans.

22.       No, because this is not supported by three or more other sources (primary).

23.       Northeast is the direction you need to travel.

24.       Albany because the New York Central line label ends at Albany (Boston?).

25. Cities that someone would pass through while aboard a Memphis-to-Baltimore train
would be Louisville, Cincinnati, OR by using the south route, Chattanooga, Lynchburg,
and Washington D.C.