Lesson 20
An American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century.
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
legislation to create public facilities for the mentally ill.
What did Dix believe is the only way to remedy?
A young Yale graduate, saw how a tiny cotton seed could have an enormous impact on lives and fortunes across America.
Who was Eli Whitney?
increasing the rate agricultural goods could be produced.
The Industrial Revolution influenced farming in the North by?
beating, whipping, branding, sexual violence, and other forms of torture
How did the enslavers control the slaves?
A person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century.
Who were abolitionists?
the central figure in the transcendentalist movement.
who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Could be exported along these rivers.
What are cash crops?
who invented the cotton gin with the hopes that it would reduce the amount of work for enslaved people
Who was Eli Whitney?
Not to give a slave enough to eat
Who were enslavers?
A free Black man who was the first Black ordained Presbyterian minister in America.
Who was John Chavis?
learned to read through lessons with white boys in the street
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
Climate and natural features encouraged Southerners to base their way of life on agriculture.
What was the geography of the south?
They formed their own churches and businesses.
How did free African Americans respond to racism in the North?
pretended to be ignorant, clumsy, sick, or mentally ill to get out of work.
Who were enslaved people?
A revival of religious feeling.
What was the second great awakening?
bread of knowledge.
What is education?
Jobs for women that were willing to work.
What is the economy of the north?
the most important product shipped by water was
What is cotton?
Thousands of runaways escaped to free states and to Canada with the help of the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
She listened as White people were discussing whether women should have the same rights as men.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
made a resolution that women should have the right to vote.
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton
seven in ten Northerners still lived on farms.
What is society in the north?
which group of Southerners dominated the politics and economy of the South.
Who were wealthy plantation owners.