People & Inventions
This man is credited with inventing the steel-tipped plow.
John Deere
They were forced to live in slums and terrible conditions after coming to the U.S.
immigrants
These farmers made up the largest group of farmers in the South. (Hint* They worked the land themselves)
Yeoman
A network of safe houses that aided in the escape of runaway slaves
The Underground railroad
This man's invention allowed for instantaneous communication, changing forever how we communicate. Name the man and the invention.
Samuel Morse and the telegraph
The slaves that worked long hard hours in the fields were know as
Field hands
A famine in their home country forced them to come to the U.S. where they were forced to take factory jobs to survive
Irish / People from Ireland
He led a slave rebellion in 1831 that killed 55 whites in Virginia that led to stronger slave codes
Nat Turner
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She founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization to get better working conditions including a 10 hour working day
Sarah G. Bagley
This man's invention was named the Clermont, allowing for much faster river and canal travel. Name the man and his invention.
Robert Fulton and the steamboat
These ships reduced the time it took to get from Europe to America by almost half
clipper ships
Skilled workers came together in organizations to get better pay and working conditions. Later they tried to incorporate unskilled workers as well
trade unions
What was the main crop sold in the Upper South and what was the Lower South's main crop? Name both.
Tobacco and Cotton
These people often lived in the backwoods areas and farmed what they needed to survive on land most did not want.
Rural poor
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Eli Whitney had 2 very important inventions. Name both of them.
Cotton gin and interchangeable parts
What was another name for an immigrant from another country.
Alien
Define both prejudice and discrimination
P- An unfair opinion of someone
D- Unfair treatment for someone
Who was responsible for taking care of slaves that got hurt or became too sick to work?
Plantation Owners Wife
What invention allowed Americans, cargo and goods to reach the nations interior
railroads and/or trains
This man's invention allowed for wheat crops to be harvested much more quickly than in the past by hand. Name the man and his invention.
Cyrus McCormick and the Mechanical Reaper
Why did slaves often develop large extended families to keep a sense of family and cultural identity on plantations? (*Hint - What often happened to them many times during their life?)
they could be sold / their family taken from them
Many Nativists in the U.S. joined a new political party, The American Party, to oppose large scale immigration to the U.S. What was the party's other name?
The Know Nothing party