Immigration
New Technology
Miscellaneous
The North
Reforms
100

*Worked in California goldfields *Helped build the western section of the Transcontinental Railroad *Established distinct communities in California cities *Faced intense nativism

Who is Chinese immigrants

100
What invention contributed to the expansion of the plantation system?
What is the Cotton Gin
100

Eli Whitney's invention of the Cotton Gin made cotton easier to process, and increased the production of cotton. This also increased the demand for _________________labor.

Slave Labor

100

What was the norths economy focused on? What about the south?

North = Industry

South = Agriculture 

100

Who is Fredrick Douglas? What is his MAIN reform focus?

Abolition

200

The two largest European immigrant groups during the 1800's to the North were

Who are the Irish and the Germans

200
What innovation in transportation allowed for more efficient movement of goods via waterways?
What is the steamboat
200
Plantations of the south provided __________________for the northern mills.
What is cotton
200

Where did the Erie Canal Connect? What 2 areas?

Connected the NORTH to the WEST

200

What is the TEMPERANCE movement?

A movement that wanted the US to get rid of Alcohol consumption

300

In the 1840's, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the United States seeking to escape---

What is the potato famine

300
Northern factories produced ___________________goods.
What is manufactured
300
The following occurred as a result of_____________________ *job opportunities in cities increased *prices of consumer goods decreased
What is Industrialization
300
Immigrant groups during the industrial revolution primarily went to work in urban areas in___________________
What are factories
300

What WOMEN helped with the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman

400

What region of the United States were Chinese immigrants going to the most?

What is the west

400

What 1800's innovation in transportation opened new markets for selling goods?

What is railroads

400

Many women in the North took jobs in __________________mills/factories.

What is a textile

400

What is 1 major PULL FACTOR that attracted people NORTH? WHY?

job opportunities because of industrialization and factory jobs 



400

Who wrote the abolitionist newspaper called "The Liberator"?

William L. Garrison

500

What is Nativism?

A type of discrimination against people not native born to the US

500

In addition to an abundance of laborers and the availability of capital, what contributed to the growth of Industrialization in the United States?

What is better transportation (steam engine, expanded railroads, canals, steamboat)

500

What type of economy is best described by the following characteristics: *Limited government interference in business *Prices determined by supply and demand *Private owners receive the profits

What is Free-Enterprise (Capitalism)

500

What were the working conditions like for factory workers in the north?

poor/unsafe conditions, long hours, low wages/pay, child labor, overcrowding

500

What did Dorthea Dix advocate for?

Prison, Mental Health, and Hospital Reform 

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