It’s a term that refers to the transatlantic shipment of slaves.
What is the “middle passage”?
100
It became a cheaper and faster way of constructing a house.
What is a balloon frame?
200
He was from South Carolina, for slavery, and once Vice-President.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
200
We were the leading importer of this.
What are People?
200
Cotton
What was the major crop in the South?
200
It was the first production item to use interchangeable parts.
What is the gun?
200
It triggered an emigration from Ireland.
What is the potato famine?
300
He developed the transatlantic telegraph line.
Who was Cyrus Field?
300
These were the two major immigrant groups before the civil war.
Who are the Germans and the Irish?
300
Fake sicknesses, run away, or work slow.
How did a slave resist.
300
It was once viewed as a symbol of progress but now viewed as one of society’s problems.
What are smokestacks?
300
They came from this country mostly because of political persecution.
Why did most Germans migrate to the US?
400
He was responsible for consolidating all the processes for the textile industry.
Who was Francis Cabot Lowell?
400
It connected towns on the Atlantic coast, was not paid for by the government, and was notoriously inefficient.
What is the US postal service?
400
Most lived on small farms, plantations, and in groups of less than 20.
Where did most slaves live?
400
English visitors to America were impressed by the use of these.
What is a water-powered machine?
400
Stock companies evolved into these.
What are corporations?
500
He helped make the steamboat successful.
Who was Robert Fulton?
500
It was the first road to be funded by the US.
What is the National Road?
500
Because they feared that if they were forced to approve this assistance from the Federal Government, they may be forced to approve Federal Government antislavery issues.
Why did the South refuse Federal Aid for improving roads and canals?
500
It was most responsible for the accumulation of investment capital.
What is the corporation?
500
The DAILY DOUBLE They were referred to as “Wage Slavery”.
What were the New England working classes called by Southerners?