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The Changing American Population
Transportation, Communications, & Technology
Commerce & Industry
Men & Women at Work
Patterns of Industrial Society
100
This is how long it took the American population to rise from 4 million to 17 million during the early 1800's.
What is "4 years"?
100
This way of transportation became a lot more important throughout the 1820's.
What are "steamboats"?
100
This was created by America in the middle of the 19th century do to a rising economy.
What is "enormous wealth"?
100
The child labor conditions were much better & safer in America compared to this continent & country.
What are "Europe" & "England"?
100
This term refers to moving up the economic ladder.
What is "social mobility"?
200
Public health, childbirth, and migration are all reasons for the _______ in _________.
What is "increase" & "population"?
200
This construction project that occured in the early 1800's is the largest one in US History thus far.
What is "the Erie Canal"?
200
This invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized manufacturing as we know it & created opportunity for more new inventions.
What are "interchangeable parts"?
200
Women staged a strike to protest a 25% wage cut after creating this association.
What is "the Factory Girls Association"?
200
The expansion of the middle class was partly due to the growth of the ________ economy.
What is "industrial"?
300
These types of people show hostility towards the foreign-born & normally have a desire to stop or slow migration.
What is a "Nativist"?
300
This transportation system becomes the primary way of transport in the U.S. (after the steamboat).
What is "the Railroad system"?
300
This advanced more in the U.S. than any other country in the 1800's.
What is "machine technology"?
300
This revolution made America wealthier, but also made society more unequal.
What is "the Industrial Revolution"?
300
Although economic opportunity did not greatly expand in the 19th century, opportunities to participate in _this_ did.
What are "politics"?
400
The rise of Nativism caused a rise of ______(ism).
What is "Racism"?
400
This was an innovation in communication & journalism in the mid 1800's. (more than one choice)
What is "the magnetic telegraph"? What is "the steam cylinder rotary press"?
400
This natural resource was replacing the use of wood & water power as fuel for many factories during this time.
What is "coal"?
400
This is what some people who could, in theory, make choices & change their lives called themselves.
What is "sovereign individual"?
400
This became one of the most frequent sources of female employment.
What is "domestic service"?
500
The American Party became popularly known as "____ _____-_______" due to the fact that they refused to give any information about their activities.
What is "the Know-Nothings"?
500
This caused arguments between the states because the South felt like their newspapers weren't putting enough important news into them.
What is "Journalism"?
500
We brought in ______ that lived on ______ into the factory system as a labor force.
What are "families" & "farms"?
500
Although they were considered freed, ______ were denied the regular rights of citizens and were not considered legal citizens.
What are "slaves"?
500
This man opened the American museum in New York in 1842 to display his freak show.
Who is "P.T. Barnum"?