New Inventions
This invention used steam power to move people and goods much faster up and down rivers.
The Steamboat
Term that means city
Urban
In 1849, thousands of people rushed to California for this specific reason.
To find gold and get rich
True or false: Plantation owners in the South did not view enslaved people as equals, but rather as property.
True
This region was more strongly against slavery and eventually banned it.
The North
Samuel Slater invented the...
factory system
The term for when goods changed from being handmade to being mass-produced in factories.
Industrialization
This was the belief that the United States was supposed to spread all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
Special sets of rules created to watch over and control what enslaved people were allowed to do.
Slave codes
DAILY DOUBLE- WORTH DOUBLE POINTS: While the North depended on manufacturing and the South on cash crops, this third region was known for farming wheat and raising livestock.
The West
Inventor of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
A network of people and safe houses that helped enslaved people escape slavery.
The Underground Railroad
Why did many families work together to travel into the western territories of the United States
They needed support to face difficult weather conditions and dangerous situations.
This machine was meant to help, but it actually made the demand for slave labor grow because more cotton could be sold.
The Cotton Gin
This term refers to the specific time period in American history before the Civil War (and after the War of 1812).
Antebellum
Explain why watermills were built in the north.
The north had faster-flowing rivers that were required to operate the mill.
DAILY DOUBLE- WORTH DOUBLE POINTS: The south's economy was based on cash crops and enslaved labor, wheras the north was based on _____________ and ______________.
Immigrant factory workers and manufacturing/factories
This President was a big fan of Manifest Destiny and wanted the country to grow as large as possible
James K. Polk
Southern states liked "states' rights" because it gave the power to the individual state, which helped them protect this practice.
Slavery
Most factories and water mills were specifically near this geographical feature in the north.
Fast moving and often rocky rivers
Another word for railroads (look in your Antebellum period notes!)
Iron Horse
During the Industrial Revolution, many people moved away from farms and into these crowded areas to find work in factories.
Cities
Traveling west was very difficult because settlers had to find ways to cross these giant physical boundaries.
Mountains and rivers
While life was hard everywhere for enslaved people, those living here generally had slightly more freedom than those on big farms
Cities
This region had significantly more miles of train tracks laid than the South.
The North