People
Definitions
Inventions
Industrial Revolution
Immigration
100
Started a slave rebellion which killed more than 60 white people.
Who is Nat Turner.
100
A waterway dug by people.
What is a canal.
100
Eli Whitney invented me, I revolutionized Southern agriculture.
What is the cotton gin.
100
Industry in which the Industrial Revolution began.
What is the textile industry.
100
This famine in Europe caused many people from Ireland to immigrate to the US.
What is the Irish Potato famine.
200
One of 30 men who cleared a new route West through the Appalachian mountains.
Who is Daniel Boone.
200
This invention used spiked cylinders to remove seeds from cotton fibers.
What is the cotton gin.
200
Robert Fulton invented me, I revolutionized water transportation.
What is the steamboat.
200
By mid-19th century, many towns and cities were linked by this form of transportation.
What are railroads.
200
In Germany, this happened unsuccessfully, leading to the immigration of many Germans to the US.
What is revolution.
300
Created the Missouri Compromise.
Who is Henry Clay.
300
What allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise.
300
Samuel Morse invented me, I revolutionized communication.
What is the telegraph.
300
The new type of water transportation, built for travel and for a brief time were the world's fastest ships.
What are clipper ships.
300
These people opposed immigrants coming into the US because they were not "white, Protestants born in the US."
What are nativists.
400
Opened a textile mill that combined spinning and weaving.
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell.
400
System developed by Eli Whitney which allow for different parts to be switched in and out of a machine.
What are interchangeable parts.
400
Eli Whitney invented me, I revolutionized manufacturing.
What is interchangeable parts.
400
What is an impact of the Industrial Revolution on women?
What are Lowell girls, the ability to work, etc.
400
This was a huge reason many immigrated to the US, because it was plentiful in the movement West.
What is cheap land.
500
Invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney.
500
A group that wanted laws to limit immigration.
What are nativists.
500
Francis Arkwright invented me, I worked using new steam technology.
What is steam-powered textile plant.
500
What is an impact of the Industrial revolution on population trends?
What is the migration of people from rural farms to cities and towns with factories, growing city populations, etc.
500
These people came to the US to work, but not by choice.
What are slaves.
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