Vocab1
this devise wove the thread into cloth
What is a loom?
before the Civil War
What is antebellum?
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
Who is Eli Whitney
What is the lowest level of white southern society?
What is Rural Poor or poor white farmers?
the creation of these businesses were able to make identical goods
What are interchangeable parts?
these developed out of medieval Europe and turned into trade unions
What are guilds?
used to maintain a system of slavery
What are slave codes?
left England and began a textile mill in New York
Who is Samuel Slater?
a revolt against slavery in Virginia
What is Nat Turner's rebellion?
The mechanized process in factories allowed for the _____________ ______________ of goods.
What is mass production?
when workers refuse to do their jobs, to make a point to the employer
What is a strike?
a person who is opposed to immigrants and favors people born in the US
What is a nativist?
Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This invention had farmers expanding their farmers and they bought more slaves
What is cotton gin?
These organizations were set up to protect workers and their working conditions
What is a trade union
judgement or mistreatment of someone because of their beliefs or physical appearance
What is discrimination?
adopted the ways of another culture
What is to assimilate?
Created his own system where cotton cloth - from raw cotton to finished cloth - was completed under one roof
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell?
* had few enslaved people
* family worked the farm
*owned about a 100 acres of land
What is the yeoman farmer?
the two largest immigrant groups in the 1800's
Who are the Germans and the Irish?
parts of the country with distinct economic and cultural characteristics
What is sectionalism?
having factories and manufactoring goods
What is industrialized?
Who was the popular religious leader who led a revolt against whites
Who is Nat Turner
This allowed plantation owners to dominate, have power and promote slavery
What is their wealth or social status?
Where did the majority of immigrants come from during the 1840's and 50's. Why did most of them immigrate to the United States?
What is Ireland, a potato famine in the country.