Name the Invention
In 1807, Robert Fulton's invented a boat called the Clermont. It was revolutionary because unlike boats before it, it was powered by this.
What is steam?
In the 1840s, the average factory worker would work this many hours a day (within one hour).
What is 12 hours?
Because the South had less developed railroads, most of their goods were transported this way.
What is by sea/rivers?
Although there were no literal trains involved, Harriet Tubman hid and transported escaped slaves through this network of "safe houses."
What is the Underground Railroad?
This transformer was the leader of the autobots and famously commanded them to "roll out!"
Who is Optimus Prime?
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?
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?
Samuel Morse developed a language of dots and dashes called Morse code to send messages through this machine.
What is the telegraph?
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?
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?
Enslaved families did this to protect their children in the case of separation by slave traders.
What is set up networks of family/friends?
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)?
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?
Francis Cabot Lowell was motivated to start his own textile mill in MA after visiting Britain and copying down the plans for this machine.
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?
In the 80s-set TV show Stranger Things, Sean Astin cameoed as the lovable Bob Newby. He was previously known for being a child actor in this 1984 film about a group of kids following a pirate map to hidden treasure.
What is The Goonies?