Why did farmers move to factory jobs?
Make more money
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What was the Second Great Awakening?
Who was Sojourner Truth?
Speaker on slavery and women's rights
What is transcendentalism?
All people are equal and can go beyond the five senses
What age group worked in factories that is not allowed today?
Children
How did the cotton gin lead to an increase in slavery?
More cotton could be produced and so enslaved people could pick more to make the cotton industry more money
List one way society was reformed.
Education, prison reform, care of mentally ill disabled, education for blind/hard of hearing and African Americans
Which event held in New York had women and some men vote on statements of opinions that promised equality for women?
Seneca Falls Convention
How did American artists during the early 1800s contribute to historical record?
Showed natural scenes of U.S. before humans
What were conditions in factories like?
Harsh, long hours, dirty, dangerous
Name a cash crop the South produced besides cotton?
Rice, indigo, tobacco, sugarcane
Abolitionist newspapers showed the evils of slavery and sent messages that slavery should be stopped
Who was Sarah Josepha Hale and what did she accomplish?
Woman's magazine with recipes, fashion, and jobs for women
What is individualism?
Each individual is important to society
Why were artisans paid more than regular workers?
Produced higher quality items
What is the difference between the cottonocracy and plain folk?
Cottonocracy were rich, white planters and plain folk were regular farmers (poor/middle class)
List two accomplishments of Fredrick Douglass
Writer, Speaker, Author, Activist, Newspaper Owner
Why did women want more education?
Access to better jobs and pay, opportunity to get out of the house
What do many of the works of American literature in 1800s share?
Protect nature, adventure, American values
More factories = more goods = more supply = less demand
How was life in the South similar and different for free and enslaved African Americans?
Both lacked rights and were treated badly but enslaved people had no control over their lives
Why did Northern factory workers oppose slavery?
They didn't want free African Americans taking their jobs for less pay
Why did women start to fight for rights as they fought to end slavery?
They were told it was right to end slavery, but weren't given rights to fight against it
What is a common theme in works of Americans artists in the early 1800s?
American dream, Patriotism, democracy, abolitionism