Topic 8 Lessons 1-3
Dividing specialized tasks among workers
What is the first phase of industrialization?
The economy of the South was based on this
What is farming?
She discovered some prisoners were only mentally ill and kept in horrible conditions
Who was Dorothea Dix?
the refusal to work to pressure employers for better wages
What is a strike?
This was the only state located west of the Mississippi River in 1820.
What is Louisiana?
Boston
What is the capital of Massachusetts?
Blamed for taking jobs and bringing disease and crime
Who are immigrants?
Farmers and manufacturers in the South relied on these to transport their goods
What is natural waterways?
the fight for equal pay for women, college training and coeducation, and temperance
What campaigns did Susan B. Anthony campaign for?
A network of safe houses to African Americans looking to escape slavery
What is the Underground Railroad?
He invented the steel-tipped plow
Who is John Deere?
The 9th state
What is New Hampshire?
Canals were deepened so bigger ships could travel through inland rivers
Why did cities such as Buffalo and Cincinnati grow rapidly in the mid-1800s?
They passed on folk stories, performed African music and dances, and some followed traditional religions
How did enslaved people preserve African customs?
9 Western states and territories gave women the right to vote before the 19th Amendment
How did women have increased opportunities in the West?
Many African Americans in the north could not go to the same schools, hospitals, or public buildings as white people
What is discrimination?
It clipped the amount of time it took to travel from Great Britain to New York
What is a Clipper Ship?
Madison, Jackson, Jefferson City, Lincoln
What are the four capitals named for presidents?
Employees have the right to strike
What did a Massachusetts court rule in 1842?
The South had 1/3 of these
What are rail lines?
Several states recognized their right to own property and in cases of divorce to share guardianship of their children
Who were married women and mothers?
A farmer who owns a small farm
What is a yeoman?
tobacco, hemp, wheat, and vegetables
What crops did the Upper South grow?
Virginia and Maryland
What 2 states donated land for Washington, DC?
The Irish potato famine and other domestic European problems
Why did immigration increase in the 1840s-1860s?
Cotton, rice, and sugarcane
What were the main crops of the Deep South?
She graduated first in her class in medical school
Who was Elizabeth Blackwell?
The right to vote
Through the land they owned and the number of enslaved people they kept
How did plantation owners measure their wealth?
Olympia
What is the capital of Washington?
Travel became safer, faster, and cheaper
What were the effects of railroad expansion?
Along coasts and rivers
Where were most Southern cities located?
The Massachusetts man responsible for developing schools to train teachers
Who is Horace Mann?
The perfect society
What is an utopia?
Drinking little or no alcohol
What is temperance?
Frankfort
What is the capital of Kentucky?