 | Term | Definition |
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Power-Driven Looms |
Take over weaving. |
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Factory Working Conditions |
Hot in summer, average work day was 11.4 hours, cold in winter. |
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Telegrapy |
Invented by Samuel Morse, inventor of morse code. |
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Immigrants |
Suffered discrimination, 1.5 million Irish, over 1 million German. |
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Cotton |
Larges cash crop in the south. |
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Southern Transportation |
Lack of railroads. |
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Overseer |
Director of work on a plantation. |
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Yeomanry |
Farmers and ranchers that owned small farms and made up the largest part of the population in the south. |
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Slave Codes |
Made sure slaves would not have a rebellion. |
