Important People
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Important Inventions
100
He invented the power loom.
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell?
100
What was the main issue between the North and the South?
What is slavery?
100
What is a canal?
What is a waterway that connects two bodies of water (rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.)
100
What time period is the Industrial Revolution?
What is the late 1700's through the 1800's.
100
This invention picked the seeds out of cotton much quicker than the slaves could with their hands.
What is the cotton gin.
200
He invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
200
Which side (North or South) wanted slavery to continue? Why?
What is the South, because they depended on cotton farms and needed slaves to make the most profit.
200
How does a steam engine work?
What is water is boiled using hot coal. The steam from the boiling water moves the engine forward.
200
What happened to the population of cities during the Industrial Revolution?
The population in the cities increased, because people moved there to work in factories.
200
This machine is a train that is powered by a steam engine.
What is a locomotive (steam train).
300
He invented the steamboat.
Who is Robert Fulton?
300
Which side wanted slavery to end? Why?
What is the North, because they felt that it was cruel and wrong. Also, they depended more on factories and industry.
300
What are 'goods'?
What are products that can be bought or sold.
300
How did Frederick Douglass' education help him to escape to the North?
What is he was able to read and understand his friend's 'free papers' and also he could read a newspaper which made him look more like a free man.
300
This invention is a boat that is powered by a steam engine.
What is a steamboat?
400
She helped many slaves escape to freedom on the "Underground Railroad".
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
Who worked in the factories in the North? Why?
What is mostly women and girls, because they did not have many rights and could easily be taken advantage of. Also, they did not attend school.
400
Define the Industrial Revolution.
What is a period of time when goods went from being man-made at home to being mass produced in factories by machines?
400
What is a slave?
What is someone who works for no money.
400
This machine spins thread into cloth.
What is a power loom?
500
He was an escaped slave who helped the abolitionist movement in the North.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
500
How did the Erie Canal help New York City grow?
What is the canal allowed for products and goods to be shipped all across the country.
500
What is mass production?
What is machines make many goods that are exactly alike too increase production and profit?
500
Which President eventually freed the slaves with the "Emancipation Proclamation"?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
**Difficult Question** Who invented the light bulb?!
Who is Thomas Edison!
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