Lesson 20
This religious awakening that swept across the country in the early 1800's was named what?
The Second Great Awakening
What was the workforce of many wealthy plantation owners in the 1800's?
Who was the inventor of the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What is the belief that one race is superior to another, combined with economic, political, or social power?
Racism
What is the name of the woman who helped thousands of slaves escape to the North?
Harriet Tubman
Who was the woman who pushed for prison reform in the 1840's?
Dorothea Dix
What were the four main differences between the North and South discussed in the lesson?
Economy, Geography, Transportation, Society
New England Coastline
What invention greatly impacted the South through a single crop?
The cotton gin
What was the system that people like Harriet Tubman would use to bring slaves to safety?
The Underground Railroad
Who was the white woman who made a large push for women's rights in the 1840's?
Elizabeth Cady Standton
What were the two main crops grown in the South's swamps and marshes?
Rice and Sugarcane
What were the two main transportation methods in the 1850's that involved steam? (Hint: Steam ___)
Steam Train & Steamboat
What was the most common way slaves would rebel?
Through passive acts of rebellion
Most people enslaved in rural areas were what?
Fieldhands
Who was the man published a newspaper called The Liberator, which called for not only an end to slavery but full equality for African Americans?
William Lloyd Garrison
What was the city that was vital to all shipping of goods down the Mississippi River?
New Orleans
What is the term that describes the way of living of most people in the South?
Agrarian
Though often mistreated by their enslavers, many slaves would often get what service, as their owners considered them as an investment?
Medical service
What Black woman made quilts that depicted many things, from folktales to stories of slavery?
Harriet Powers
Who was the first Black ordained Presbyterian minister in America?
John Chavis
Who was the man who helped to bring textile mills to the North?
Francis Cabot Lowell
In the 1850's, many Irish people moved to the United States because of what?
A potato famine
What song about Jesus was sung to signal that there would be a religious meeting for slaves?
"Steal Away To Jesus"
What rabbit was known as the sly hero of many African folktales in the 1800's?
Br'er Rabbit