Industrial Revolution
How did the three phases of industrialization in the North affect the speed in which products were manufactured?
With each phase of industrialization, the speed at which products could be manufactured increased greatly.
What drove immigrants from Ireland and Germany to the United States in the 1800s? (two answers)
1. The Irish Potato Famine
2. Political Disruption and War in Germany
What is the name of the invention that was most responsible for the increase in Southern cotton production after 1800?
The cotton gin
What was the most common way that enslaved people rebelled against their slaveholders?
Small acts of defiance like working slowly or pretending to be ill.
In the mid-1800s, many Americans became involved in social reform movements because of a wave of enthusiastic religious activity known as the...?
By the 1830s, factory workers in the North were forming trade unions to...
b. limit the number of hours they worked each day.
What did the nativists blame the immigrants for doing?
D
How were the economies of the Upper South and the Deep South different?
The Upper South used enslaved labor, but was not dependent on it in order to make a profit. The Deep South was entirely dependent on the use of enslaved labor in order to make their profits.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A secret network of houses that worked to assist enslaved people to freedom in the North.
CHOOSE 2 THAT ARE TRUE: In the 1800s, some Americans wanted to ban the sale and use of alcohol because they believed that
A. the price of alcoholic beverages was too high.
B. the consumption of alcohol was evil.
C. too many women were becoming alcoholics.
D. consuming alcohol hurt people’s health.
B, D
Which of the following statements about factory work in the mid-1800s are accurate? (there may be several correct answers)
A. The average workday was more than 11 hours.
B. Children worked alongside adults in dangerous factories.
C. Most employers offered workers several days of paid vacation.
D. Women typically earned about half as much as men.
A, B, D
Fill in the blank: In 1827, Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm of New York City founded ______, the first African American newspaper.*
Freedom's Journal
What threat caused enslaved people to develop large family networks?
Families being separated.
How did white Southern slaveholders respond to Nat Turner's rebellion?
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 brought people together to discuss...
Women's Rights
What are two methods of travel that increased the ability for transportation across the country during the industrial revolution?
Canals and Railroads
Know-Nothings
Why did industry develop much more slowly in the South than in the North? There are TWO correct answers:
A. Cotton farming created so much wealth that Southerners saw no need to develop industry.
B. With limited educational opportunities, most Southerners lacked skills needed for factory work.
C. The South had few natural resources, making the development of industry more difficult there.
D. Much of the Southern population included enslaved people with no money to buy manufactured goods.
A, D
Why was it illegal to teach an enslaved person how to read or write?
People believed an educated enslaved person was more likely to rebel. Knowledge is power.
In the mid-1800s, the women's movement began in the United States. List TWO rights that the movement worked to gain for women:
Examples:
the right to own property
the right to vote in state and federal elections
the right to divorce an abusive spouse
What were two reasons why it was difficult in the early 1800s for strikes to be effective at increasing laborers rights?
1. It was illegal to go on a strike from work
2. Strikes required mass participation in order to be effective, and many people feared being fired or charged legally
What are David Walker's Abolitionist Essays and what was unique about the way that they spoke against slavery?
David Walker wrote essays to advocate for the abolition of slavery to the public. He says that the use of enslaved labor is both anti-American and anti-Christianity, which people feel very strongly about.
Yeomen Farmers
Many enslaved African Americans expressed their hopes and beliefs in religious folk songs called...
Spirituals
Why did Horace Mann establish a school for public school teachers?
He believed that education was a key to economic opportunity for all people.