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Hodge Podge
100
What type of people were employed by the Lowell mills?
young, unmarried women
100
What was the free state that entered the Union as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
100
Which city grew rapidly as a result of the Erie Canal?
New York
100
What enabled western farmers to ship their products from the Great Lakes to the Hudson River?
Erie Canal
100
Which event sparked the Industrial Revolution in the United States?
War of 1812
200
Who memorized the plans for a mill in England and built the first US mill in Rhode Island?
Samuel Slater
200
What was the purpose of slave codes?
to control every aspect of a slaves life and to prevent rebellions
200
What is the reason why the Irish immigrated in the 1840s?
to escape the Great Hunger from the potato famine
200
Which transportation system competed with canals?
The railroad
200
What were spirituals?
a song that blended religion with the realities of slavery
300
How did the Industrial Revolution affect children?
They worked long hours for little pay in dangerous conditions, plus they could not attend school.
300
What are three things that free African Americans were prevented from doing?
They could not serve on juries, testify, attend school, or vote
300
What is the reason why Germans immigrated during the 1840s?
to escape political revolutions
300
Who was the inventor of the railroad?
Peter Cooper
300
What was the term for a road made of sawed off logs?
a corduroy road
400
What were Eli Whitney's three inventions?
interchangeable parts, mass production, and the cotton gin
400
Name three ways that African Americans resisted slavery.
Worked more slowly, pretended not to understand, broke farm equipment, began rebellions.
400
Name 3 of the problems of cities.
Filthy streets, poor sewage, disease, fires, lack of clean drinking water
400
Which system helped carry factory goods and coal from the Delaware River to the Hudson River?
the Morris Canal
400
Who created the Missouri Compromise?
Henry Clay
500
Which British man invented the spinning jenny and the first steam powered textile mill?
Richard Arkwright
500
What were the results of the cotton gin?
cotton profits increased enormously more slaves were purchased plantations increased, expanding into new states
500
Who were the Know Nothings?
a Nativist political party who wanted to "Know Nothing" about other cultures
500
What two cities were the start and end points of the National Road?
Cumberland, MD and Vandalia, IL
500
As a result of the Missouri Compromise, how would future states determine whether they were slave or free?
future states would be free if they were located above Missouri's southern border on a map