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Holman Chapter 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Northern States | had more industry and better technology than the South |
| Roads and canals | thousands of miles were built between 1800-1850 in the North |
| Great Plains | area in Central USA west of Iowa and Missouri |
| Clipper ships | faster ships devoped in the North in the 1840's |
| Canals and steamboats | helped cities like Chicago and New York grow quickly |
| Elias Howe's sewing machine | used by factories in the North in order to produce more fabric |
| Railroads | 1. Moved goods quickly. 2. Increased settlement in the Midwest 3. Encouraged growth of small towns and cities along the line |
| Communication | 1. Telegraph 2. Morse code |
| Northern Factories | 1. Dangerous, dirty, and low wages |
| Trade unions | 1. organizations of workers with same trade. 2. Worked to improve working conditions and get better pay. |
| Strikes | 1. Trade unions refused to work so that they could improve working conditions and get better pay. |
| African Americans in the North | 1. were free. 2. were victims of racial prejudice and discrimination |
| Women workers in the North. | 1. Often worked in factories 2. were paid less than men |
| Growth of cities in 1850's | 1. factories caused cities to grow 2. Largest Immigrants were from Ireland and Germany |
| Nativists | were native born Americans who felt that immigrants from Europe would corrupt the American way of life |
| Irish immigrants | 1. came to America to escape the Irish potato famine of the 1800's |
| The South in the 1800's | 1. Cotton production was the most important moneymaker. |
| Cotton gin | 1. Invented by Eli Whitney. 2. led to more demand for slaves and land for cotton production |
| Textile(fabric) industry in England | led to demand for more cotton production |
| Southern factories | were few compared to the North. |
| Rural | means country, country life, or country people |
| Urban | means cities, city life, or city people |
| capital in the South | 1. money for investment in business 2. most of the money was tied up in slavery not industry. |
| Rural people of the South | most were poor farmers who did not own slaves |
| Wealthy plantation owners | owned most of the slaves |
| Slaves | 1. did most of the work on plantations 2. slave families faced constant danger of being separated |
| Slave codes | laws passed in the South that prevented slaves from assembly, education, and travel. |
| Fredrick Douglas | 1. former slave who became a famous writer. 2. He was a strong abolitionist |
| abolitionist | An abolitionist was a person who wanted to do away with slavery. In the 1830's abolitionists began to speak out in public. |
| Harriet Tubman | a former slave who helped other slaves escaped on the underground railroad |
| Nat Turner | an educated slave who led a slave rebellion that killed 55 whites before he was captured and hanged. |
| spiritual | 1. a religious song created by slaves. 2. spirituals often contained secret codes that only the slave could understand |
| overseer | men hired by slave owner. Their job was to make sure the slaves were working |
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