North ONLY
What was the economy centered around in the North?
Industry
Nat Turner. 55-60 white people died.
Who built the first locomotive?
Peter Cooper
What party were the "nativists" associated with?
The "know-nothing" party
What was the economy centered around in the South?
Agriculture
Where did most of the Irish immigrants work?
The factories
What country experienced a famine, leading to an increase in immigration from this country?
What country was the second largest in immigrants in America during this time?
Ireland
Germany
What was the name of the person that sent the first telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What did workers within the same industry form to protect their rights?
Trade unions
What was the plantation manager called in the South?
Overseer
What connected the Northern part of the country? Was effective in increasing trade and boosting the economy.
The railroad
What were slave codes?
Laws in the South that controlled enslaved people such as it being a crime to teach enslaved people to read or write.
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who lived in the "slums" during this time?
Factory workers
What was known as the "king" of the South? Crucial to the economy and politics at the time?
Cotton
How was the invention of the sewing machine by Elias Howe influential?
It revolutionized clothing production and freed women from the process of hand sewing large amounts of clothes.
Why was it beneficial for enslaved people to have extended families?
Because they could be sold. In the case that they were separated from their immediate family, they would still have connection.
What took over the task of weaving?
Power-driven looms
What political strategy worked for factory workers to increase pay and advocate for better working conditions?
Strike
The South did not have as many railroads as the North. Explain how this may affect the region in relation to the Civil War.
Troops and materials will not be as easily transported, leading to a major disadvantage for the South.
Why was industry in the North problematic?
There were no regulations in place for how workers can/should be treated combined with people coming from all different walks of life to compete for work.
Why was Sarah G. Bagley influential in American history?
She founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization, and petitioned the state legislature for a 10-hour workday in 1845. This petition was not considered by the legislature because it was primarily signed by women. Still, these early efforts to achieve equality and justice in the workplace paved the way for later movements. (directly from slides)
What are some examples of racial prejudice and discrimination against African Americans in the North?
New York eliminated the requirement that white men had to own property in order to vote - yet few African Americans were allowed to vote
Most communities would not allow free African Americans to attend public schools and barred them from public facilities as well
African Americans often had to take the lowest paying jobs
What were the four barriers to factories in the South?
Farming became so profitable that there was little to no focus put on new business.
Wealthy southerners had their money invested into land and slaves so there was little capital to invest in business.
The market for manufactured goods was smaller in the South than the North because much of the South’s population were slaves who did not have money to buy goods.
Some southerners did not want industry to flourish in the South out of resentment for the North’s industry.
What were Southern land owners that owned smaller pieces of land called? The majority of the landowners fell in this category.
Yeomen