What were the three improvements that OH made to transportation during the early 1800s?
Trains, Canals, and Roads
100
What are capital goods? Give examples of capital goods needed in a textile (cloth making) factory.
Man-made goods. Examples: Machinery and building
100
What is an immigrant?
Someone who leaves their country for a new place
100
Why was Ohio such an important part of the Underground Railroad?
It was the last stop before Canada and it was next to a slave state
100
What was Ohio’s most important contribution to the Civil War?
Soldiers
200
Why did trains replace canals?
Canals froze in the winter and had to be close to water.
200
Name the inventions from Ohioans that helped farming.
Reaper, thresher, better plows
200
There were many immigrants that came to Ohio. However, there were three main groups. Who were they?
Irish, Germans, freed slaves
200
Why were some Ohioans against slavery (2 reasons)?
They were afraid that the freed slaves would take their jobs and they thought it was wrong.
200
Which amendment to the Constitution gave voting rights to African American men?
15th
300
Why was the National Road important (2 reasons)
It gave Ohio a main road and a chance for new businesses.
300
What were the industries that helped Ohio become wealthy in the early 1800s? (name 3)
Iron, furniture, meat-packing, farming, and shipbuilding
300
What is a pull factor? What were the pull factors that caused immigrants to want to move to Ohio?
Something that attracts someone to a new place. Ohio’s pull factors were good land and lots of jobs.
300
What were actions that abolitionists took in the fight against slavery? (give 3 examples)
wrote newspapers, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, speeches, anti-slavery groups, and helped them escape.
300
Why were Southerners worried after Abraham Lincoln became President in 1860?
They were scared the Republican party had gained too much power in the government.
400
Bonus Question! What was the name of the first trade road in Ohio?
Zane's Trace
400
What are the parts of productive resources? What does each letter stand for?
C- capital goods (man-made goods)
E- entrepreneur (person who starts a business)
L- labor (human resources)
L- land or natural resources (from the Earth)
400
Bonus Question! What was one of the religious groups to settle in Ohio for religious freedom?
Amish, Shakers, Zoarites
400
Why did the South secede from the North?
The South wanted slavery and they were afraid the government would pass laws to end slavery.
400
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the Civil War?
It abolished slavery and allowed the free slaves to join the Union army
500
Bonus Question! How were keelboats better than flatboats?
They could go back upriver with horses pulling them from the shore.
500
Bonus Question! What was created in 1852 to make better working conditions for children?
Child Labor Laws
500
Bonus Question! What is the last name of the man who created the readers for students because they didn't have textbooks?
McGuffey
500
What were the three main terms used when talking about the Underground Railroad and what do they mean?
passengers: fugitive slaves
conductors: abolitionists helping the fugitives
stations: safe houses for the fugitives to stay
500
Put these events in order from first to last:
A. The Civil War ended.
B. Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska act.
C. The south seceded and became the Confederacy.
D. The Emancipation Proclamation was passed.