The first factories in the US were located in which area of the country?
New England
Name two groups of people who did not have the right to vote in the early 1800s
Women, African Americans
This machine increased the demand for cotton.
Cotton Gin
The Declaration of Sentiments was influenced by this founding document
Declaration of Independence
The largest city in the US in the early 1800s
NYC
The creator of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Word meaning 'to vote'
suffrage
Many involved in the fight for women's rights were also involved in THIS fight to end slavery.
Abolition movement
This was the first canal in the United States (hint: involved a Great Lake)
Erie
This group immigrated to the US to flee a famine
The Irish
THIS historical development encouraged people to leave their homes and farms to work in mills and earn wages
Industrial Revolution
Most mills in the North were built near these physical features
rivers
The second largest immigrant group to the US in the 1800s were fleeing political instability from this European nation.
Germany
This group believed that immigrants took jobs from Americans
Nativists
The results of last year's ___________ determined that the population of California decreased, losing it one seat in the House of Representatives.
census
Speaker of 'Ain't I a Woman?'
Sojourner Truth
Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri
The 19th Amendment was passed in this year granting this group the right to vote
1920/women
(Trade) Unions
Seneca Falls Convention