Inventions
Invention created by Eli Whitney
What is Cotton Gin?
The growth of cities due to the growth of factories
Why did many immigrants head to the Northeast?
What is to work in factories?
Fought to desegregate streetcars
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Define Sectionalism.
What is someone who is loyal or prideful of their particular region?
This invention was created to expand the growth of settlement
What is Railroad?
Define Agrarian.
An economy based on agriculture and farming
Persuaded the north to allow African American soldiers
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
She fought to build hospitals for the mentally ill and disabled
Who is Dorothea Dix?
Why is it called bleeding Kansas?
Anti slavery protesters and Pro slavery protesters began to fight and many were killed before Kansas became a free state
Caused an increase in profit for southern states and the increased need for slaves
What is Cotton Gin?
Little government involvement, businesses are allowed to buy and sell what they want
Free enterprise
Involved very intensive farming, very profitable
What is Plantations?
Saw that the southern states used the bible to convince people that slavery was okay. So he used his newspaper to spread the message that slavery was a terrible thing
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
If an escaped slave was caught then they must be returned to their owners
Created by Samuel Morse, Made communication easier and faster
What is Telegraph?
Define Secede
To separate from a nation, such as, United States
Improved transportations and markets
What is Railroads?
An ex slave that fought for the abolishing of slavery
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Sectionalism led to ______ between the North and the South
What is Tension?
The creator of the Light Bulb
Thomas Edison
Investment capital, Growing population, plenty of resources
Rapid Industrialization
Led to anti immigration sentiment (Feelings)
What is Urbanization?
What is Great Britain?
Why did the Southern states fear Abraham Lincoln becoming president?
Because he was from the North and would push to abolish slavery in the South, hurting their economy