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02.01 Regions Chart and Written Response There were several events during the Second Industrial Revolution that had profound effects on each of the major regions in the United States. Use this chart to identify the causes and effects of these events in the North, South, West, and Midwest. In the chart, choose one event from each region and describe the causes and effects of it. The event can reflect a political, social, economic, population, or transportation change. Part 1 – Complete the following chart using information from the lesson. An example is provided.

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The children in families with middle incomes started to attend public schools rather than go to work.

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This rapid growth of a manufacturing economy created a need for workers.

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A new socioeconomic class developed during this time. It was made up of men with middle incomes mostly working as skilled laborers and in office jobs.

Many African Americans left the South to work in new factories in the North and Midwest. There they had a better chance of earning good wages and improving their economic and social standing.

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As industrialization expanded in the North, the economy grew, which led to the creation of new jobs.

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Their willingness to work for lower wages and the cultural differences between them and the white settlers led to friction. They faced problems, including riots and discriminatory laws.

Good transportation systems, including four important railroad lines, ensured that raw materials could flow into the region and that products made in the Northeast could reach distant markets.

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NORTH The Northeast's high population also made it the nation's most important market, or region in which there is a demand for a specific good or service, for manufactured goods.

After the Civil War, the South had to rebuild and develop a new economic structure. Most industry and rail transportation were destroyed during the Civil War. The war also ended slavery, which took away the South's main source of labor

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SOUTH the South had begun to rebuild. Although it remained mostly agricultural, the South began developing its timber industry..

The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 linked the coasts of United States. Railways transported natural resources like timber and gold from the West to the East

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WEST Immigrants from China arrived in the West looking for jobs on the expanding railroads

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Cities grew rapidly, attracting large numbers of immigrants. Chicago, Illinois, became one of the nation's largest cities during this period

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This large region experienced economic growth in both farming and manufacturing. The upper Midwest states along the Great Lakes— Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois —became centers of industry and a hub for shipping and transport

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MIDWEST In 1860, the city's population was about 110,000. In 1890, more than one million people lived there.

Part 2 – Write a well-developed paragraph of at least five sentences for each of the following prompts. Be sure to include social, political, and economic factors in your response and fully address all parts of each prompt, citing evidence from the text. 1. Describe the factors that led to the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States. - natural resources, abundant labor supply, strong government policy, new sources of power, railroads and American inventors and inventions.

2. Explain how the Second Industrial Revolution affected the North, South, West, and Midwest. Point out changes in the regions’ politics, society, economy, population, or transportation. - In the South there were many struggles when it came to segregation and discrimination. The economy was being rebuilt. The population was low and it didn’t seem like a great place to be during this period. In the Midwest there were also labor unions like in the north but they like the north also had many positive things come out of the revolution. In the West their transportation was great with the transcontinental railroad and their economy base was agriculture but they had problems when immigrates from China came in and offered to work for less wages. The best parts to be living at that time were the North or Midwest because their economy was booming, the cities were expanding.

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