Industrial Revolution
This invention by Eli Whitney made cleaning seeds from cotton 50x faster.
This was the #1 "Cash Crop" in the South by 1860.
What is cotton?
Which region had a higher population due to immigration?
The North
What is an amendment?
Change to the constitution
The U.S. gained a massive amount of land (including California and the Southwest) after winning a war against which country?
Mexico
Change from manual production to machine-powered production
What is the industrial revolution?
Most enslaved people lived and worked on these large-scale farms.
What are plantations?
Which region had more miles of railroad tracks?
The North
First 10 amendments are called.....
Bill of Rights
Besides cotton, name one other major cash crop grown on Southern plantations.
Tobacco / Rice / Sugar / Indigo
This region of the U.S. became the center of manufacturing and factories.
What is the North?
These laws were passed in the South to control the movement and rights of enslaved people.
What are slave codes?
This "Underground" network helped enslaved people escape to the North or Canada.
What is the underground railroad?
Name 1 freedom from the 1st amendment
Freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly
Why did factory owners prefer to hire children over adults?
Children could be paid less, were easier to control, their small size allowed them to fix jammed machinery
Most of the millions of people who moved to the North from Ireland and Germany were called this
What are immigrants?
Name for the profit made from cotton
Which region had a warm climate and fertile soil, perfect for long growing seasons?
South
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In 1849, thousands of people rushed to which state in search of gold?
California
These "Interchangeable Parts" were first used to make this type of item, making repairs much easier.
What are muskets/guns?
True or False: By 1860, the South had more factories than the North.
False. North had more.
Which region was more urban (meaning people lived in large, crowded cities)?
North
Not following laws you think are unfair often without the use of violence
What is the 2-word phrase for the belief that the U.S. was divinely ordained to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
Manifest Destiny