| Term | Definition |
|---|
| telegraph | Samuel Morse invented the |
| Steel Plow | John Deere invented the |
| goods | With new steam driven machines, northern factory owners could produce what more cheaply and quickly |
| water power | Steam power was important because it allowed manufacturers to use |
| Germany and Ireland | In the 1840's and 1850's many people began to come to the United States from what two countries? |
| jobs | Some nativists disliked immigrants because immgrants took American |
| potato famine | In the mid 1800's many immigrants came from Ireland to escape the |
| votes | "A party of bullies were masters of the polls" This statement means that gangs controlled immigrants' |
| Gangs | The Bowery Boys, the Plug Uglies, and the Dead Rabbits were all |
| immigrants | Gangs at New York's Five Points were made up mostly of |
| Industry and Technology | The economy of the northern states was made of (2 things) |
| Farming and Slavery | The economy of the southern states was based on (2 things) |
| Eli Whitney | The cotton gin was invented by |
| Cottonocracy | Rich planters, free blacks and slaves were all a part of the |
| Blue | Construction workers, carpenters and miners were all examples of ________ collar jobs |
| clean | The cotton gin made growing cotton more profitable because it allowed slaves to ___________ cotton more quickly. |
| Tobacco, rice, cotton and sugar cane | Name four money making crops for the south |
| products | In the 1830's and 1840's the North and South were dependent on each other's _______________ |
| politics | Planters dominated the south because they often became involved in ____________ |
| small farmers | The majority of southerners were _______________________ |
| Liberator | The _______________ was an anti slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison. |
| Underground Railroad | Some slaves escaped through the __________________ |
| Fredrick Douglass | ___________ was a famous speaker who challenged slavery. |
| Africa | The goal of the American Colonization Society was to provide free blacks with a home in ________________. |
| American Colonization Society | The________________________ failed because most black Americans did not want to move to Africa |
| The Grimke Sisters | Which two sisters fought for the Abolitionist and Women's Rights Movement? |
| Slavery | Forced, controlled labor. |
| 90 | The percentage of slaves who did agricultural work. |
| Cotton and Tobacco | The most common types of plantations that slaves worked on. |
| 1/2 | Pregnant slaves were expected to do ________ as much work as a male slave. |
| plantation house | Being watched, separation from their families, and the expectation of being perfect were all reasons slaves did not want to work in the ______________ |
| children | Slave owners encouraged the production of ________________ |
| elders | Which slaves were most well respected? |
| run away | Less opportunity for jobs was one reason why women didn't do this as much. |
| 4 | One out of every ____ southerners owned slaves. |
| Maryland and Delaware | Most free slaves in the south tended to live in the states of |
| resistance | Slaves would often show ________________ by breaking equipment, refusing to work, or escaping on the Underground Railroad. |
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