Questions for previous map.
1. Which group represents the largest percentage of
Immigrants that came to the U.S between 18201860?
2. Which 5 states have the largest immigrant
population?
3. To which region do those 5 states belong?
4. What push factor can be attributed to the
immigration boom after 1850?
5. Why does the South have less immigrants than the
North?
Causes of Sectional Economic
Differences
Economy &
Contributing
Factors
Infrastructure
Human
features
North
(Industrial)
South
(Agricultural)
West
(Emerging)
Manufacturing
Farming
Mining, Ranching, Farming
Many free flowing rivers, access to
ports, lack of large scale
agriculture, willing investors.
Best farm land and growing
season, highly profitable using
slave labor, high demand for
cotton
Connected by a network of roads,
railroads, and canals
Fewer roads, canals, or
railroads
Lack of infrastructure, few not
roads, canals, or railways
Effect – more urbanized areas
Effect – more rural
Effect – settlements
developed along or near
railroads.
Urban
Rural
Wide open spaces
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The People
Biggest cities
Largest banks
Best roads, railroads, and
canals
largest population
Various European immigrants
(Germans, Irish, Scandinavians,
etc..) settled in the North because
of factory work.
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few major cities
Mostly towns and
farmland
Fewer railroads
Poor roads
Smaller population than
North
Fewer immigrants settled in
the South because of a lack of
available and jobs.
Vast amounts of available
land, and abundance f metal
ores.
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Unsettled territories
Transcontinental Railroad
Cities and towns
developed along railways
Least populated region
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Immigrants seeking land,
Mexican –Americans
Native Americans
1. Divide the map below into the following sections, North, South, and West. See
previous slide as a reference.
2. Use the characteristic from the chart in the previous slide to create symbols for each
section of the United States.
3. Place those symbols in each of the regions on the map below.