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Jefferson or Jackson?
The South
The North
Reform Movements
Inventors
100
This former U.S. President wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
100
The Southern economy was based on this.
What is agriculture?
100
The northern economy in the early 1800's was dependent on this.
What is manufacturing? (industry or factories is also acceptable)
100
This reform movement was to limit or prohibit the use of alcoholic beverages.
What is the Temperance Movement?
100
This man invented the steel plow.
Who is John Deere?
200
This former U.S. President won the Battle of New Orleans after the War of 1812 was over.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
The invention that increased the need for slavery and the man that invented it.
What is the cotton gin and who is Eli Whitney?
200
The term used for the growth of cities in the north.
What is urbanization?
200
This woman believed it was wrong to put the mentally ill in prisons.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
200
This invention by Eli Whitney led directly to the use of mass-production techniques.
What is interchangeable parts?
300
This former U.S. president supported the collection of the Tariff of Abominations during the Nullification Crisis.
Who is Andrew Jackson.
300
The period before the Civil War is called this.
What is the antebellum era?
300
This caused women from rural communities to migrate to cities in the north.
What is work in factories?
300
This man believed that public education would turn America's children into disciplined thoughtful citizens.
Who is Horace Mann?
300
This man invented the telegraph and the code used to communicate with it.
Who is Samuel Morse?
400
These two U.S. Presidents opposed the National Bank.
Who is Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson?
400
This southern state was involved in the Nullification crisis and was the first to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
400
This group of people immigrated to cities in the northern United States because of a famine in their home country.
Who are the Irish?
400
People influenced by this religious revival movement became involved in reform movements.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
400
His steamboat, the Claremont, helped manufacturers transport raw materials and finished goods more quickly.
Who is Robert Fulton?
500
This U.S. president was known for his support of the "common man."
Who is Andrew Jackson?
500
This southern crop was very important to the economy of the United States and Great Britain.
What is cotton?
500
This region of the United States had a larger population and more wealth during the antebellum period.
What is the North?
500
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were leaders in this movement that believed in the goodness of humans and nature.
What is Transcendentalism?
500
The invention of the mechanical reaper by this man, allowed a farmer to move from harvesting 3 acres/day to harvesting 10 acres/day.
Who is Cyrus McCormick?