Antebellum South
The main crop the Southers ecomony was built on
What was the main reason for the increase in population in urban
areas?
Availability of jobs
What was the main effect on the US as a result of German
immigration?
Kindergarden
The name of the meetings during the 2nd Great Awakening
"Camp Meetings"
The most famous conductor of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
This southern city was the main center for cotton and slave trade
Memphis
Which two things did Eli Whitney invent?
Cotton Gin and Interchangeable parts
The name of the new Political Party that formed as a result of the
Nativists
"Know-Nothing Party"
This poet encouraged people to move west with his writings
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The author of the Liberator newspaper
William Lloyd Garrison
What were the 4 southern classes in order from highest to lowest?
Plantation owners, Yeoman farmers, poor whites, enslaved blacks
This canal is the most important in US history
The Erie Canal
Why did so many Irish have to leave their country?
The Irish Potato Famine
This author's stories usually came with a moral life lesson within the
story
Herman Melville
A former slave who later became a consultant for President Lincoln
Fredrick Douglas
This slave was taught to read illegaly and led a revolt in virginia
Nat turner
What was Thomas Newcomen's invention used for?
(Steam engine) to power mills, machines, and vehicles
What was the primary reason for German immigration to the US?
Political unrest and Religious persecution/ increase of Jobs and housing
The main teachings of the 2nd great awakening
Unity, Equality, living a good moral life
How did the teachings of the 2nd Great Awakening lead to
Abolition?
Equality for all... which included slaves
What was the main purpose of the slave codes?
To keep the slaves in check by making them feel less than human
What was the main difference between the Slater mills and the
Lowell mills?
Lowell mills did the complete process in one location while the slater mills
split it up
The increased strikes of labor unions led to which event?
Panic of 1837
Daily Double!! The man who founded the first Public School
Horace Mann
The name of the movement which relocated free blacks to Liberia
Colonization Movement/ American Colonization Society