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100

This region became the heart of American manufacturing during the Antebellum period.

What is the North?

100

 A person who was fighting to end slavery was known as an

What is an Abolitionist?

100

This tactic used by workers results in a work stoppage

What is a strike

100

 This invention, created by Robert Fulton in 1807, revolutionized river travel and trade by providing a faster and more reliable means of transportation.

Steamboat

100

Which NFL team is the oldest continuously operating professional football team in the United States?

Arizona Cardinals

200

These places became the primary locations for work in the North.

What are factories

200

The second largest group of immigrants came from

Germany

200

Why were all immigrants moving to the North instead of the South for work?

The South used slave labor

200

This invention, dramatically improved land transportation by using steam power to pull trains along tracks.

What is the locomotive?

200

Which NFL team was originally founded as the "New York Titans" before changing its name in 1963?

New York Jets

300

This invention, created in 1793, revolutionized cotton production and was key to industrial growth in the North.

What is the cotton gin?

300

Why were the Irish moving to the U.S.

The Great Famine

300

Provide two examples of working conditions in the Northern factories

Weather, long hours, injuries

300

Who invented the cotton gin

Eli Whitney 

300

Which team won Super Bowl II


Green Bay Packers

400

This type of transportation infrastructure greatly contributed to the movement of goods and people, linking the North and West during the Antebellum period.

What are railroads?

400

This anti-immigration party, also despised Catholicism

The American Party

400

Geographically, what did most growing cities have in common

Located on a water source

400

These human-made waterways were built to connect bodies of water, facilitating trade and transportation in the 19th century.

What are canals?

400

Which NFL team was founded in 1960 and became famous for its high-powered offense in the 2000s, also known as "The Greatest Show on Turf"?

St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams)

500

A code, consisting of dots and dashes, was created by this inventor

Who is Samuel Morse

500

This was the first female trade union in the United States

What is the Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization?

500

Who developed the first steam locomotive

Peter Cooper

500

This invention, created by Elias Howe and Isaac Singer in the 1840s, mechanized the process of stitching fabric together, changing the textile industry.

What is the sewing machine

500

 Which team holds the NFL record for the most consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance (17 seasons)?

Buffalo Bills

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