Market Revolution
What invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized the cotton industry?
cotton gin
What major event in the 1840s led to a significant increase in Irish immigration to the United States?
Irish Potato Famine
What was the primary cash crop produced in the southern United States that relied heavily on slave labor?
Cotton
What is the main goal of the abolition movement?
End slavery
Why did most Irish Immigrants settle in Eastern Cities?
JOBS
Which transportation development allowed goods to be moved more easily across the country in the early 19th century?
railroads
What were the main reasons Germans immigrated to the United States in the 19th century?
political unrest and economic opportunity
What occurred as a result of the creation of the cotton gin?
Slavery revived and Expanded.
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and what was its impact?
Harriet Beecher Stowe, and it helped to galvanize anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
Describe the Conditions in these Early factories.
Poor, Unsanitary, Dangerous
Name one major impact of the Industrial Revolution on American society
What is urbanization
How did Irish immigrants generally find work upon arriving in the U.S.
low-wage labor, such as domestic service or construction
How did Enslaved African-Americans fight the system of slavery?
Breaking equipment, becoming educated, Slowing down production, Running away.
Name one method used by abolitionists to promote their cause.
publishing anti-slavery literature or organizing protests
The country became increasingly Sectionalised due to what trend?
Industrialization in the North and Cotton production and slavery in the South.
What was the primary purpose of the Lowell System in textile manufacturing?
employ young women in factories
What was the Nativist movement?
reaction against immigrants, advocating for the interests of native-born Americans?
What was the purpose of the Slave codes?
laws that defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters?
Early efforts by Abolitionists involved
Transportation back to Africa, American Colonization society.
What development led to modern-day Mass Production?
Interchangeable parts.
How did the Market Revolution change the nature of work in the United States?
it shifted from agrarian work to factory-based jobs
The Know Nothing Party was formed to
oppose Immigration, especially Irish Catholics
As a former enslaved person, he became a leading abolitionist, using his oratory skills and writings to fight for the abolition of slavery and equal rights.
Frederick Douglas
Who was William Lloyd Garrison
abolitionist who published "The Liberator"
Tell me about 1 other major innovation/invention from the period. (Not the cotton gin or textile loom)
Mechanical reaper, sewing machine, steam engine.