Vocab
An immigration station in New York Harbor where millions of immigrants entered the United States between 1892 and 1954.
Ellis Island
This building is where workers performed one task repeatedly.
Factory
Immigrants came to the U.S. looking for these.
Jobs
This battle had the bloodiest day in U.S. history.
Antietam
Farming
The movement of people from rural areas to cities.
Urbanization
This raw material fueled steam engines with heat.
Coal
Reasons people are forced to leave their home country.
Push Factors
This battle was the start of the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
The Northern economy was based off this.
Industry
A major three-day battle fought in 1863 in Pennsylvania; it was a turning point in the Civil War and a major victory for the Union.
Battle of Gettysburg
The Industrial Revolution started in this country.
Reasons people are attracted to move to a new country.
Pull Factors
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
The Battle of Gettysburg
The south had a strong belief in this.
States' Rights
The commanding general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
This invention created by Samuel Morse made instant communication possible during the Civil War.
Telegraph
This incident in Ireland forced over 4 million people to seek opportunity in the United States.
The Irish Potato Famine
This battle gave the Union control over the Mississippi River.
The Battle of Vicksburg
The North had a very large _______ population.
Immigrant
The act of formally leaving the United States.
Secession
This machine cleaned cotton quickly and efficiently.
Cotton Gin
This ethnic group made up the majority of the workers on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Chinese
This battle gave Lincoln the courage to give the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
The Southern economy relied heavily on this kind of labor.
Slave Labor