Education
Immigration
Transportation
Women's movement
Industrial Revolution
100
True or False: Most colleges admitted men only.
True
100
The Irish of the Us was brought on by what famine?
The Great Irish Famine
100
What was the name of the Canal?
The Erie Canal
100
What is coeducation?
The teaching of girls and boys together.
100
When was the Industrial Revolution?
The Industrial Revolution started to take root in the US in around 1800.
200
_________ is the nation's first permanent women's collage.
Mount Holyoke.
200
Where was the second largest group from?
Germany
200
What advantages did river travel have over wagon and horse travel?
Its more comfortable than bumpy roads, they could load goods on river barges, and they could take advantage of the current downstream.
200
The most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention concerned suffrage or __________?
The right to vote
200
What was the Industrial Revolution?
The Industrial Revolution is when machinery was invented on waterpower from mills along the river to perform factory work such as clothwork and spinning.
300
What subjects were considered men's subject?
Math, science, history was considered men's subjects.
300
Why did immigrants choose to leave their home?
Some immigrants sought out religious freedom, some had to escape famine, or looked for job oppurtunities.
300
What type of boat was invented to withstand strong wind currents and what did it improve?
The steamboat improved transport of good and passengers and made the goods cheaper, faster and increased the growth of the river cities.
300
Who started the women's movement?
Lucretia Mott
300
Who invented the cotton gin and how did this have an effect on slaves?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin that increased slavery that was on decline because now one slave could do the work of 50 people picking cotton in the fields.
400
Thomas Galluadet and Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe developed schools for what specific disabilities?
They developed schools for the hearing impaired and the blind.
400
Why did some American resent having the immigrants?
Because they dressed and sounded "different" and because they were Catholics.
400
How did transportation of mail, and newspapers change America?
It raised awareness of national issues to rural communities.
400
What were some of the rights that the women wanted?
The right to vote, be allowed to enter the trading, business, to be equal.
400
Name 2 major elements of free enterprise.
Possible answers: Competition, profit, private property, or economic freedom.
500
What are the 3 basic principles of public education?
The three basic principles are that the schools are free and supported by tax, teachers need to be trained, and children should be required to attend school.
500
Why was the temperance movement started?
Because of alcohol abuse.
500
How did the locks along the canal work?
The canal was built along a series of locks. Locks were separate compartments where water levels were raised or lowered as boats passed from different water levels.
500
In July 1848 which two women organized the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls New York?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucreia Mott.
500
What is one positive and negative effect the Industrial Revolution had on cities?
~Possible Positive Answers: Variety of jobs and steady wages, libraries, museums, shops, and in places where soil was poor, farming was a problem. ~Possible Negative Answers: Streets and sidewalks were unpaved, barnyard animals roamed around, no sewers were there to carry waste, yellow fever and cholera was severe, or fires were easily started from sparks from factories.
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