The South and slavery
This invention made plantations and farms more profitable in the south.
What is the cotton gin
The economy of the north depended on this cash crop
What is cotton
This industry most significantly benefited from the first Industrial Revolution in the U.S.
What is the textile industry
This word means to have the right to vote in political elections
What is suffrage
During the Antebellum period immigrants mainly came from these 2 European descents
What are Irish and German
The economy of the south depended on this cash crop.
What is cotton
This factory owner, employed young, un-married women to work in his factories. Cotton would come in and fabric would leave out.
Who is Francis Lowell
He invented interchangeable parts, where parts could be interchangeably in factory machines
Who is Eli Whitney
This was the primary goal of the abolitionist movement.
What is to end slavery immediately
This group of European Immigrants came to the United States to escape political and religious persecution.
What are the Germans
He led a slave revolt that resulted in the deaths of over 60 white men, women and children. Because of this revolt, slave codes were made harsher.
Who is Nat Turner
He came from England and brought with him the idea of water powered machines. He also built a factory where cotton was spun into thread and then sent out to various homes and farms to be turned into fabric.
Who is Samuel Slater
This is the migration of people from rural areas to the cities searching for work.
What is urbanization
He published the first anti-slavery newspaper, "The Emancipator" and it happened to be in Tennessee.
Who is Elihu Embree
This group of European immigrants made up a large portion of the workforce responsible for building and constructing canals, bridges and railroads.
What are the Irish
During the Antebellum period, this region relied mostly on factories and the workforce of immigrants to sustain it economy
What is the north
This waterway was created in the Midwest and extended all the way to the Hudson River in New York.
What is the Eerie canal
This invention made transportation easier and faster by land and water
What is the steam engine
He was the publisher of the longest published and most read anti-slavery newspaper
Who is William Lyod Garrison
This is how many years had passed since the 1st Great Awakening
What is 100 years
During the Antebellum period, the north was urban and industrial, while the south was ____ and ____.
What is rural and agricultural
Because the working conditions in many factories and mills were generally poor, unsafe, with long hours, many workers joined together to form these
What are trade unions
In 1817, the US Congress authorized the building of this, connecting the East Coast to the West
What is the National Road
She wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and presented it at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton
These 2 movements were birthed from the 2nd Great Awakening
What is the Abolitionist movement and the Women suffrage movement