North
How did the Industrial Revolution impact the north?
The principal crop in the South was
cotton
Describe how enslaved people lived
together in small cabins, often with dirt floors. Women cooked, cleaned and worked in fields while men sometimes had different jobs (field hands, carpentry, etc.). All were at the beck and call of their owners.
How did the transportation revolution change business in America?
Why is Samuel Slater considered the "Father of the Industrial Revolution?"
He built the first successful water powered textile mill from memory which changed manufacturing in the North.
Eli Whitney invented a machine that revolutionized the South and textile production in the North, what was it?
The cotton gin
How could an enslaved person buy their freedom?
By saving the small amount of money given to them from their owners for th work they were hired out to do.
How did the steam boat change travel and business?
The steam boat did not rely on wind and could travel upriver which allowed it to run nonstop. It also increased trade and profit.
Who came up with interchangeable parts?
Who was Eli Whitney
How did the South transport their cotton North?
Use of rivers became very important since other forms of transportation were slower.
Some protests were done in smaller ways - like continuing to practice certain religious beliefs, learning the alphabet or working slower.
Some ran away but usually came back to avoid severe punishment
How did the railroad revolutionize America?
Railroads allowed for farmers and manufacturers to send products across the country. It was a faster form of transportation which got people and products to their destinations quicker.
Who were the Lowell Girls and what did they do?
America's greatest trading partner during this time
England
What are Slave Codes and what was their purpose?
Slave Codes are laws that prohibit certain actions or behaviors of the enslaved. Examples are making it illegal to teach the enslaved to read and write or to travel too far from the plantation.
Name 3 items that were innovated or invented at this time (excluding steam boat, railroad, textile mills).
options could be: telegraph, sewing machine, steam power for factories, iceboxes, matches, safety pins
What are labor unions and what did they do?
Labor unions were formed by workers to try and improve pay and working conditions.
What was the effect of the cotton boom
new settlers came to the South, plantation owners became extremely wealthy and the need for slavery increased
Explain Nat Turner's Rebellion and what was the result of this uprising.
Nat Turner believed God told him to end slavery, so he organized a group to kill all the slaveholders and their families in the area. He was able to escape but was eventually caught and hanged. As a result, slave codes were strengthened to make sure another uprising like this didn't happen.
The steel blade plow was invented by____________.
The Mechanical reaper was invented by_______________.
- John Deere
- Cyrus McCormick