| A | B |
|---|
| The North | became increasingly urban and industrial |
| The South | remained largely agricultural |
| urban | relating to city life |
| agricultural | dealing with farming and growing crops |
| yeomanry | families on small Southern farms |
| plantation | large farm where many laborers, often slaves, worked |
| During colonial times the South grew | rice, indigo and tobacco |
| By 1850 the South's main crop | cotton |
| Eli Whitney invented | the cotton gin |
| The cotton gin | removed the seeds from the cotton pod |
| Before the cotton gin workers could | process one pound of cotton per day |
| After the invention of the cotton gin workers could | process 50 pounds of cotton per day |
| The downside of the cotton gin | it increased the demand for slaves |
| By 1860 slavery had increased from | 500,000 in 1790 to 4 million |
| The North depended on | factories |
| The South depended on | slaves and cotton |
| Only one Southern city compared in size to Northern cities | New Orleans |
| Homespun clothing | clothing made from spinning wheels and hand looms |
