The North
What was the largest group of immigrants to the North during the mid-19th century?
Irish
the trade of enslaved people within the United States
List two inventions we discussed in class.
clipper ships, railroads, cotton gin, telegraph, morse code
What was used to determine a slave's job
the darkness of their skin
What religion did most slaves practice?
christianity
50%
How much more cotton could be processed with a coton gin?
50x
Who invented the Cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Define slave codes
the concept that slaves don't deserve rights and should stay lower in society than white people
What is the underground railroad?
Define trade union and explain what their purpose is
Trade union: A group of workers with the same skill--> they stage strikes to get better working conditions
What kind of economy existed in the south?
Plantation economy
How far could clipper ships travel in one day?
300 miles
How was hair used to help slaves escape to freedom?
as maps, to hold food/seeds for nutrients
who invented morse code?
samuel morse
What is Freedom's Journal and who created it?
Created by Cornish and Russwurm-- it is an African American newspaper
What percentage of slaveholders owned 20 or more slaves in 1840?
4%
List two cities that developed between 1820 and 1840.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville
30x16' for 8-10 people
what was the child mortality rate on plantations?
What is the Know-Nothing Party and what did they want/why?
group formed by nativists who wanted stricter citizenship laws because they were angry about the influx of Irsish and Germany immigration
List two crops from the Upper south and two from the lower south.
Upper: tobacco, hemp, wheat, veggies
Lower: cotton, rice, sugarcane
How many miles of railroads existed in 1840 and in 1860?
3000 miles ---> 31,000 miles
Why would some people argue that female slaves had it worse than enslaved men?
burden of homemaking, 58% were SA'd, harsher punishment from mistresses
Who is Nat Turner and what did he do?
African American that taught himself to read/write, staged a revolt that killed 55 whites-->was hanged for it but hailed as a martyr