Unions
The two most prominent types of European immigrants during this time
Who are the Germans and Irish?
Age demographic most likely to move to cities
What are young, unmarried adults?
Name of the person who invented the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
This is what the North specialized in
What is industrialization?
Region that consisted of mostly female workers
Name the two things that unions demanded
What are better wages and working conditions?
These types of businesses promoted things like plays, shows, and theaters
What are leisure businesses?
Name an invention that made news travel faster
What is the telegraph/printing?
Introduced in 1816 to protect domestic industries
What is the Tariff of 1816?
Name one method that factory employers used to ensure discipline of workers
What are bells and clocks?
This event intensified fears of job loss and kept workers despite unfair work quality
What is the Panic of 1837?
These organizations provided a "safety net" for poorer families
Charitable organizations
What is deskilling?
Term that describes how the North, South, and West relied on each other to supply specialized needs
What is regional specialization?
Name one of two popular domestic jobs that women had
What are household chores/spending?
(Examples of household chores are acceptable.)
List out methods (besides Unions) that working men used to join forces
What are mutual aid societies/religion/voting rights/political parties/etc.?
Name one negative effect of increased immigration and diversity in cities
What is violence/racism/bigotry/competition/etc.?
Name a benefit of increased usage of technology and mechanization
What are cheaper goods, more jobs, growth of cities, greater shift to industry, etc.?
Stemmed from bad banking practices and decreasing overseas demand for American goods
What is the Panic of 1819?
Name one thing females/female laborers were still excluded from
What are unions/religious reforms?
This trade union represented over 25,000 workers in the Northeast
Idea that men and women had separate "roles" in society
What are separate spheres?
Invented the first high-pressure steam engine
Who is Oliver Evans?
System that promoted steam-powered machinery and subdivision of labor
What is the American System of Manufacturing?
Movement where women abstained from office/voting to protest government, church, and slavery
What is the "come outer" movement?