This region became the heart of American manufacturing during the Antebellum period.
What is the North?
A person who was fighting to end slavery was known as an
What is an Abolitionist?
This tactic used by workers results in a work stoppage
What is a strike
This invention, created by Robert Fulton in 1807, revolutionized river travel and trade by providing a faster and more reliable means of transportation.
Steamboat
Which NFL team is the oldest continuously operating professional football team in the United States?
Arizona Cardinals
These places became the primary locations for work in the North.
What are factories
The second largest group of immigrants came from
Germany
Why were all immigrants moving to the North instead of the South for work?
The South used slave labor
This invention, dramatically improved land transportation by using steam power to pull trains along tracks.
What is the locomotive?
Which NFL team was originally founded as the "New York Titans" before changing its name in 1963?
New York Jets
This invention, created in 1793, revolutionized cotton production and was key to industrial growth in the North.
What is the cotton gin?
Why were the Irish moving to the U.S.
The Great Famine
Provide two examples of working conditions in the Northern factories
Weather, long hours, injuries
Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Which team won Super Bowl II
Green Bay Packers
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?
This anti-immigration party, also despised Catholicism
The American Party
Geographically, what did most growing cities have in common
Located on a water source
These human-made waterways were built to connect bodies of water, facilitating trade and transportation in the 19th century.
What are canals?
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)
A code, consisting of dots and dashes, was created by this inventor
Who is Samuel Morse
This was the first female trade union in the United States
What is the Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization?
Who developed the first steam locomotive
Peter Cooper
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
Which team holds the NFL record for the most consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance (17 seasons)?
Buffalo Bills