Vocabulary
unfair treatment
discrimination
One reason the Irish immigrated was because of the great potato_____ in their country.
famine
He invented the steel tipped plow
John Deere
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
The __________ used electric signals to send messages
telegraph
To change significantly
transform
The use of the cotton gin had important _________ , like more demand for slave labor
consequences
He invented the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
The Know- Nothing Party was also known as this
"American Party"
What machine allowed quick grain separation from the stalk?
thresher
Temperance reformers used ____, pamphlets and revival syle rallies to warn people the dangers of alcohol
lectures
_________(s) believed that immigration threatened the future of "native" citizens and the country's way of life.
Nativists
Who invented the sewing machine?
Elias Howe
She was a key part in the Underground Railroad as a "conductor" who made as many as 19 trips to the South to help enslaved people to freedom
Harriet Tubman
Who founded the Lowell Female Reform Organization
Sarah B. Bagley
Skilled workers formed ____ _______ that worked together to fight for higher wages and limit workday
trade unions
Susan B. Anthony called for equal pay and college training for women and ___________.
coeducation
Who built and designed the first steam-powered locomotive
Peter Cooper
Name 2 Reasons Southern Industry was more slowly to develop
less railroads
costly to build factories
local markets made up mostly African Americans who couldn't buy the products
Which large group of immigrants came to the U.S. because they fled political problems problems from their country
Germany; Germans
The ________ in industry and technology during the early 1800s changed the ways in which Americans worked, traveled, and communicated.
innovation
Most white people in the South were _____ farmers who grew crops to use themselves and traded with local markets.
yeoman
What was the name of the first African American newspaper
Freedom's Journal
What was the name of the events when two trains slammed head on to each other and killed approx. 60 people and injured more than 100; this was the start of railroad companies to improve their equipment and make the safety of the passengers their first concorn
The Great Train Wreck of 1856
The Upper South became a center for the sale and transport of enslaved people called the ________________.
domestic slave trade