the South
What was the Southern economy based on?
Agriculture
What led to a drastic increase in industrialization?
New technologies
What is the Antebellum era?
a time period in the US before the civil war
What was the Abolition campaign?
a campaign to end slavery
What 2 countries did most of America's immigrants come from in the mid-1800s?
Ireland and Germany
What did cotton gin do?
it made producing cotton easier and cheaper.
Why did many US citizens relocate?
To earn steady wages at the factories
What did the Second Great Awakening result in?
thousands of people converting to evangelical religions
an anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison.
Why did many Irish people flee to the US?
a disease called potato blight (caused famine)
what did the South provide for the North?
Raw materials
to transport manufactured goods.
Religious, Temperance, Abolition, and Women's rights movements
What did Harriet Tubman do?
she was a conductor in the Underground Railroad and led hundreds of slaves to freedom
What are 'push' factors?
things that historians think made many people want to leave their country.
What is another name for Nat Turner's revolt?
the Southampton Insurrection
Where did the factories get the raw materials from?
the South
to discuss the social, civil, and religious conditions and rights of women
he was one of the most famous intellectuals of his time and advised presidents. (even though he was born a slave)
What are 'pull' factors?
things that historians think make many people want to go to that country
Who is credited for building the first factory?
Francis Cabot Lowell
what did the transportation revolution do?
improved the movement of goods and people
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton do?
she organized the Seneca Falls Convention and co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments
What was the Emancipator?
a newspaper used to promote the abolitionist movement, published by Elihu Embree.
what is a major impact of the high immigration amount in the mid-1800s?
the northern states got more representation in Congress