The use of slaves was reduced, because immigrants could fulfill the same roles as slaves in factories.
Americans hated President Hoover. They believed that he was the source of all of their misfortune. To top off their hatred, Hoover refused to get the government involved in kickstarting the economy.
Slaves fled to Canada to gain freedom, so the Canadian population grew.
England concerned itself with quantity products it exported out of the country in comparison to the countries they traded with. England did not want to be left behind and be overcome by other countries especially those in Asia. They did not export much so artists and merchants started creating and inventing goods that enabled them to compete with the Asian market.
They avoided copying Asian products by imitating products form countries like France, Holland, Switzerland and Spain (which also traded with Asia) and used techniques that were proven successful methods used by these countries for a superior output.