Industrial Revolution
Britain
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
(Question 2)
Steamboats and railroads: made moving goods and people faster and cheaper; helped to connect the East and West.
What were new inventions in transportation? How did this technology affect/change the U.S.?
(Question 7)
There was no slavery in the North, but African Americans were often discriminated against and had to use segregated hospitals, schools, and other public facilities.
Describe life for African Americans in the North.
(Question 11)
They were in charge of domestic workers, the gardens near the house, finances, and helped the sick slaves.
What was the role of the plantation wife?
(Question 17)
She was a former slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
(Question 23)
New England
Where in the United States were most mills built because of the rivers?
(Question 4)
Set up a factory with all the steps of production in one place (cotton to cloth); set up housing in towns for the workers.
Who was Frances Cabot Lowell? Describe the factory system.
(Question 5)
Irish left their country due to a potato famine. Germans came to start a new life and bought land.
What immigrant groups moved to the U.S.? Why did they leave/come?
(Question 12)
They said it was essential to the economy and they said they treated their slaves better than workers in the North.
How did Southerners defend slavery?
(Question 20)
Worked to free slaves and send them to Liberia (in Africa).
What was the American Colonization Society?
(Question 21)
Long hours, dangerous machines, unsafe conditions (loud, unhealthy air, and temperatures)
What were the disadvantages for the workers in the mills like Lowell?
(Question 6)
Many people moved to cities to work in factories. They lived in overcrowded tenements where fire and disease could be dangerous.
What were conditions like in northern cities?
(Question 9)
YOU GET THE POINTS! Everyone take a look at the answers for number 13.
Temperance: worked to ban alcohol in the United States
Prisons: Separate facilities for men and women; new ways to help people in debt
Education: free schools, extended the school day and year, teacher training
Religion: Second Great Awakening; encouraged people to thnk independently
Disabled People: schools for the deaf and blind were created; separate facilities for the mentally disabled
He was a former slave, antislavery speaker, and editor of the newspaper, North Star.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
(Question 24)
These were laws to regulate the behavior of slaves. Enslaved people could not leave without their owner's permission, they could not assemble in large groups, and they could not learn to read or write.
What were the slave codes?
(Question 19)
A period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
(Question 1)
Paid for their work, 3 meals a day, and had the chance to attend lectures and classes.
What were the advantages for the workers in the mills like Lowell?
(Question 6)
Met to discuss women's rights. They wrote the Declaration of Sentiments which listed changes women hoped for in the U.S. Women did NOT receive the right to vote.
What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention? What were the results? Did women receive the right to vote?
(Question 14)
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Because cotton could now be cleaned faster, farmers could now plant more cotton so more slaves were needed.
Who invented the cotton gin? How did this change cotton production?
(Question 15)
No freedom or pay. They lived in log cabins with their families that could be sold at any time.
Enslaved people worked in the fields or house and also as blacksmiths and carpenters.
Ways they resisted: worked slowly, broke tools, ran away, or rebelled.
Describe the life of a slave.
(Question 18)
Water
What powered the first mills?
(Question 3)
Steel plow, mechanical reaper, and thresher: Increased production, lowered prices and helped to settle the Midwest.
What were new inventions in agriculture? How did this technology affect/change the U.S.?
(Question 8)
Trade unions were skilled workers from a trade that were formed to improve working conditions and pay. Women could not join.
What was a trade union? Who was NOT able to join?
(Question 10)
All Southerners owned slaves.
False
(Question 16)
This was a series of escape routes for slaves. There was a conductor to help the passengers (slaves) move to freedom. They stayed in homes or barns (stations) as they moved north to Canada.
What was the Underground Railroad? How did it work?
(Question 22)