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100

The first factories in the US were located in which area of the country?

New England

100

Name two groups of people who did not have the right to vote in the early 1800s

Women, African Americans

100

This machine increased the demand for cotton.

Cotton Gin

100

The Declaration of Sentiments was influenced by this founding document

Declaration of Independence 

200

The largest city in the US in the early 1800s

NYC

200

The creator of the cotton gin

Eli Whitney

200

Word meaning 'to vote'

suffrage

200

Many involved in the fight for women's rights were also involved in THIS fight to end slavery.

Abolition movement

300

This was the first canal in the United States (hint: involved a Great Lake)

Erie

300

This group immigrated to the US to flee a famine 

The Irish

300

THIS historical development encouraged people to leave their homes and farms to work in mills and earn wages

Industrial Revolution

300

Most mills in the North were built near these physical features

rivers

400

The second largest immigrant group to the US in the 1800s were fleeing political instability from this European nation.

Germany

400

This group believed that immigrants took jobs from Americans

Nativists

400

The results of last year's ___________ determined that the population of California decreased, losing it one seat in the House of Representatives.

census

400

Speaker of 'Ain't I a Woman?'

Sojourner Truth

500
Westward expansion led to the addition of five states to the Union between 1816-1821. Name one.

Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri

500

The 19th Amendment was passed in this year granting this group the right to vote

1920/women

500
Poor working conditions in factories led to the formation of THESE.

(Trade) Unions

500
Woman's rights meeting that issued a Declaration of Sentiments

Seneca Falls Convention