Innovations
What is an innovation?
A new method, idea, or invention.
What is a factory system?
Examples: Work done in a large factory building, Machines control the pace of work, Workers follow strict rules, Long hours and unsafe conditions, Increased production
What resource did the North need from the South?
Cotton
What is the definition of slavery?
The ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labor.
Why did Minty choose Harriet Tubman as her free name?
It was a combination her mother's first name and her husband's last name.
What is a textile mill?
A factory that turns raw material (i.e. cotton) into fabric.
What is wage labor?
Workers that are paid hourly.
What expanded in the South due to cotton demand increasing?
Examples: Slavery, enslaved labor, enslaved people, enslavement
Name THREE cash crops.
Examples: corn, cotton, sugar, tobacco
How did Minty escape the South?
She jumped into a river.
Name THREE types of transportation innovations.
Examples: Erie Canal, Railroad, Steamboat, National Road
What is the MAIN difference between Slave Labor and Wage Labor?
What caused conflict during the Market Revolution?
Workers worked long hours in poor conditions and had few rights or protections.
What is a nickname for the South?
The Cotton Kingdom
What act causes all of the freed slaves to flee to Canada?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What TWO innovations improved communication?
The Pony Express and the telegraph
Who are the Lowell Mill girls?
Young girls who worked in the Lowell Mill (textile factory) in poor conditions and organized the Lowell Mill strikes.
What are TWO differences between the Northern and Southern economy?
North: Wage labor, factories, banks, trade
South: Plantations, enslaved labor, cotton production
What are FOUR ways slaves were repressed?
Illiteracy, Paternalism, Violence, and Slave Codes
Who is William Still?
A head leader of the Underground Railroad.
Name an inventor.
Examples: James Watt (Steam Engine), Eli Whitney (Cotton Gin), Alexander Graham Bell (Telephone)
What years did Industrial America take place?
1810-1860
Workers formed what groups to demand better pay and conditions?
Guilds and Workingmen’s Parties
Name FIVE ways slaves resisted slavery.
Examples: worked slow, maintained family and community bonds, used music and religion to build hope, sabotaged tools, escaped through the Underground Railroad, and organized rebellions.
Who does Minty meet once she escapes to Philadelphia?
William Still and Marie Buchanon