This social class was made up of bankers, manufacturers, merchants and their families. They lived in lavish homes and were the first class to have indoor plumbing.
What is the wealthy.
100
In 1793, this man created a much easier method to separate the seeds from short-staple cotton bolls.
Who is Eli Whitney and the cotton gin?
100
On small farms, slaveholders usually supervised their slaves directly. On larger plantations, these men managed the slaves.
What are overseers?
100
In the mid-1800s the second largest group of immigrants came to the United States from this country.
What is Germany?
100
White southerners' worst fears materialized in 1831, when this man led a violent slave uprising in Southampton County, Virginia.
Who is Nat Turner?
200
These women lived in company-owned boarding houses where older women acted as chaperones. By day they worked in factories.
What are Lowell Girls?
200
The South is divided into these two sections because of differing climate and agricultural practices.
What is Upper South and Lower South?
200
To help supervise the slaves, overseers used assistants picked from among the slaves called these?
What are drivers?
200
During this time period, immigration to the United States surged. This surge in immigration gave rise to this term which favors native-born Americans over foreign-born.
What is nativism?
200
This network of white and African American abolitionists helped slaves escape to freedom in the North or in Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
300
In the 1840s this Lowell girl urged her co-workers to form a union after mill owners sped up production without raising pay.
Who is Sarah G. Bagley?
300
This word means pre-Civil War.
What is antebellum?
300
This system of labor was instituted on plantations where slaves were organized into work crews with drivers as foremen.
What is gang labor?
300
You are a member of the American Party. In order to enter their meetings you must use this password.
What is "I know nothing"?
300
This woman was one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad, she led more than 300 slaves to freedom despite having a bounty of $40,000 on her.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
The largest group of immigrants- more than 1.6 million by 1860-came from this country?
What is Ireland?
400
This white social class in the South made up the smallest population.
What are wealthy planters?
400
This art form played an important role in the lives of slaves. The African culture was reflected in it's beat and use of communal singing.
What is music?
400
This blacksmith from Illinois designed a light but strong steel plow. He is more famous for tractors and lawnmowers nowadays.
Who is John Deere?
400
In 1800, this man was one of the first to lead a slave uprising near Richmond, Virginia.
Who is Gabriel Prosser?
500
Labor unions used many methods to press for reform. This form of protest came about in the 1830s when workers refused to work until employers met union demands.
What is strike?
500
Frederick Douglass compared and contrasted the lives of these two types of slaves.
What is a city slave and plantation slave?
500
Religion played a vital role in the lives of enslaved African Americans. Most worship services were of this religion?
What is Christianity?
500
This was the actual name of the Know-Nothing party.
What is the American Party?
500
Following Prosser, this man called for a massive slave uprising in Charleston, South Carolina. The plan was discovered before it was carried out.