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Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution II
Pre-Civil War Turmoil
Pre-Civil War Turmoil
Civil War
100
In the 1840s, factory owners began to treat their workers like people or machines?
Machines
100
Technology sparks?
New technology!
100
What crop made the South wealthy?
Cotton
100
Who led a successful slave rebellion?
Nat Turner
100
What is the name of the general whom Abraham Lincoln felt was dragging his feet, going too slow, and eventually fired?
General George McClellan
200
The increase in factories lead to an increase of?
Cities
200
Which came first, railroads or steamboats?
Steamboats
200
What is discrimination?
A policy or an attitude that denies equal rights to certain groups of people.
200
What are slave codes?
Laws to keep slaves from running away or rebelling.
200
Where did John Brown lead a slave uprising?
Harper's Ferry
300
What is a strike?
When workers refuse to do their jobs until they obtain what they are fighting for.
300
What group first organized into a union?
The Artisans
300
What is a tariff?
A tax on goods made in other countries not made in the U.S.
300
Who won the Disputed Election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
300
What are the years the Civil War was fought?
1861-1865
400
What is an artisan?
A worker with a specific skill, like shoe making or sewing.
400
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
400
What is the Spoils System?
What is the Spoils System? Rewarding supporters with government jobs after you become president. This began with Andrew Jackson.
400
Who was the president during the Era of Good Feelings?
President James Monroe
400
What is the battle that convinced the North and South that the Civil War would not be fought in 90 days?
The First Battle of Bull Run
500
What two main countries did immigrants come from?
Ireland and Germany
500
What is a corduroy road?
A type of road made out of logs. It's bumpy travel was replaced by the creation of canals.
500
What was Andrew Jackson's response to the Nullification Crisis?
What was Andrew Jackson's response to the Nullification Crisis? He made the tariff a little lower and invented the Force Bill, which would send troops into any part of the country that did not support the tariff.
500
Who is Nicholas Biddle?
The president of the Bank of the United States whom Andrew Jackson did not like.
500
How many people died in the Civil War?
600,000