VOCABULARY
Another name for thread or cloth
Textile
Slave preacher who's anger led many slaves to lash out, ultimately killing over 50 whites in Virginia
Nat Turner's Rebellion
He suggested everyone just compromise. Nicknamed "The Great Compromiser"
Henry Clay
Compromise that allowed California to join as a free state
Compromise of 1850
The inventor of interchangeable parts, which lead to mass production
Eli Whitney
Divided Louisiana Territory on the 36-30 line
Missouri Compromise
Made it illegal to help any runaway slaves in the United States
Fugitive Slave Act
Southern States pushed for the three-fifth compromise to pass to help increase this.
Representation
Reason so many left the farm
Consistent pay
Lead to the rapid urbanization of Northern cities
Factories
Major player on the Underground Railroad. Nicknamed Moses.
Harriet Tubman
Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed this to decide the issue of slavery in the territories West of Missouri
Popular Sovereignty
First Republican President
Abraham Lincoln
Used this to power their mills
Water Power / Steam Engine
Love of one's region, or state, of the country
Sectionalsim
"All men and women are created equal"
Declaration of Sentiments
Connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
The Erie Canal
A tax on goods coming into the country that is designed to protect American industries
Protective Tariff
invention that helped speed up cotton production to help supply the textile mills
Cotton Gin
Non-violent form of rebellion
She called for the better treatment of the mentally ill
Dorothea Dix
This Supreme Court case decided that slaves weren't citizens and were property
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Felt the Fugitive Slave Law violated the rights of free states and wanted to stop the expansion of slavery
The Republican Party
Fought for workers rights
Labor Unions