Name the Invention
Samuel Morse developed a language of dots and dashes called Morse code to send messages through this machine.
What is the telegraph?
In the 1840s, the average factory worker would work this many hours a day (within one hour).
What is 12 hours?
The South had less railroads and roads than the North so this type of vehicle was very important for the transportation of goods. The Clermont was the first commercially successful one.
What is the steamboat?
Although Eli Whitney believed this invention would reduce the amount of slavery in the South, it actually led to an increase of slavery.
What is the cotton gin?
This transformer was the leader of the autobots and famously commanded them to "roll out!"
Who is Optimus Prime?
Immigrants who entered America between 1840 and 1860 came mostly from these two countries (name one).
What is Ireland and Germany?
Before the invention of the cotton gin, enslaved people had to do this tedious process by hand.
What is removing the seeds from cotton?
This type of song, drawn from Christian themes, gave enslaved people hope in their suffering.
What is a spiritual?
Marty McFly is the skateboarding, time-traveling protaganist of this 1985 hit film.
What is Back to the Future?
Farming the rough soil of the Great Plains was practically impossible before John Deere invented this device to break up the soil.
What is the steel-tipped plow?
These people were worried that immigrants were taking jobs from those born in America. They later formed the Know-Nothing Party.
What are the nativists?
The increase of this type of factory (which produced yarn and fabric) in the North increased demand for cotton in the South.
What is a textile mill?
These laws prevented enslaved people from organizing revolts and from learning to read and write. They did little to prevent slaves from being abused.
What are the slave codes?
In the horror-themed music video for this chart-topping song, Michael Jackson did the moonwalk while dressed like a zombie.
What is Thriller?
This machine took fibers like cotton or wool and spun them tightly into strings of yarn.
What is the spinning jenny?
Workers who have come together to organize strikes are likely part of one of these.
What is a trade union?
This class of white Southerner was the wealthiest because they owned many slaves and large plots of land.
What is a plantation owner?
What is separation of family?
This Nintendo console, released in 1985, revolutionized gaming with titles such as The Legend of Zelda and Duck Hunt.
What is the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)?
After crops were cut by the mechanical reaper, this machine separated the grain seed from its stalk.
What is the threshing machine?
Francis Cabot Lowell was motivated to start his own textile mill after visiting Britain and copying down the plans for this machine, which wove yarn into fabric.
What is the power loom?
Unlike tenant farmers, who rented out land, this class of white Southerner had small plots of their own. They typically did not rely on slave labor.
What are the yeomen?
The Southhampton Insurrection was a slave revolt in Virginia led by this escaped slave.
Who is Nat Turner?
Donald Trump is the second U.S. president who had a history as an actor. This Republican candidate, who served from 1981-1989, was a film star of the 50s.
Who is Ronald Reagan?