Vocabulary
What does scarcity mean?
limited supply
Skilled worker who specializes in a specific craft.
Artisan
Who is Sojourner Truth and what she was famous for?
Former slave who advocated for women’s rights and anti-slavery (Ain’t I a Woman)
How did work life change for people as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
People switched from farming to manufacturing (factories)
What adjective means:
Originating or living in a particular place; native
indigenous
Movement of the population from rural areas to cities.
Define profit
The difference between the cost of a good and its selling price.
What is the name of the father of our modern day public school system.
Horace Mann
Why did workers started organizing into unions?
They would be able to fight for better working conditions.
Define auspicious as used in this sentence:
Identify the part of speech.
We did so much preparation to launch our new business and it seems to have an auspicious start.
adjective:
favorable; promising; fortunate
A person who invests in a business to make a profit.
Capitalist
Free Points!
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What were the first industries in Paterson, NJ?
Cotton and wool textiles
Why did the Germans and Irish leave their homelands for America?
Food shortage or famine
What does "benign" mean as used in the following sentences?
My grandmother had a benign smile.
We were very worried about the tumor, but relieved to find out it was benign.
gentle
harmless
American who wanted to preserve the country for native-born, white citizens.
Nativist
Define Debtors
People that cannot pay back money that they owe.
What type of sailing ship that was used to make America’s trade with Europe more efficient?
Yankee Clipper
What do you know about the impact that the Industrial Revolution had on working conditions and social classes that we took notes on.
Highlight in your notes and review for the test!!
Working Conditions: Dangerous, hot in summer, cold in winter, bad ventilation, disease, long hours, child labor, crowded
Social Classes: Rich got richer, Birth and growth of Middle Class, unskilled labor got left behind, if they learned a skill they have upward mobility.
Double Points!!
Define edification and erratic. Identify their part of speech, and use each correctly in a sentence.
edification
erratic
Edification (noun)-The act of improving someone morally or intellectually
The teacher’s math lesson was intended for the edification of her students.
Erratic (adjective)- Not regular or predictable
His erratic driving made us very nervous because he was swerving all over the road.
Define Strike
Union workers refuse to do their jobs until managers agree to address their concerns.
A policy or practice that denies equal rights to certain groups of people.
Discrimination
What religious movement that influenced reforms in the 1800s?
The Second Great Awakening
TRIPLE POINTS!!
What do you know about the aspects of culture that we discussed and took notes on (find this in your notes!):
Religion-
Food-
Ancestry-
Clothing-
Language-
Traditions-
Ethnicity-
Based upon notes: highlight this and study it!!
DOUBLE POINTS!
Which words mean...
1. A fierce and violent attack; a sudden rush
2. To continue in a course of action despite difficulty or opposition; to persist
use each correctly in a sentence.
1. onslaught (noun)
When the PS4 went on sale, there was an onslaught of shoppers trying to get the deal.
2. persevere (verb)
The baseball player persevered through the elbow injury and completed the season.
Define Temperance Movement
A campaign against alcohol abuse that took place during the 1820s.
Social Reform
An organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society.
What was the first item built with interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney's musket
Double Points!!
What do you know about the issues with early railroads?
Find this in your notes and highlight it. Study this for the test!
Should include:
Black smoke and embers(sparks)
One track for both directions/no signals
unreliable
broke down
soft road beds and weak bridges
gauge varied
Identify the part of speech for each word. Define both words, and use both correctly in a sentence in the chat.
Contentious
Disapprobation
Contentious (adjective)-likely to cause argument or disagreement; quarrelsome.
His brother and sister had had a contentious relationship; they never got a long. OR
Conversations about political topics are often contentious.
Disapprobation (noun)-Strong disapproval
The teacher expressed her disapprobation of the boy’s poor choices with behavior.