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History Facts #41-50
Question | Answer |
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was the era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place. | Industrial Revolution |
was an invention by Eli Whitney that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect, increased the need for slaves. | Cotton Gin |
Invented by Eli Whitney _____________________ are uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces. This invention greatly helped the growth of American industry. | Interchangeable Parts |
was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. | abolitionist |
was a former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country. | Frederick Douglass |
was an escaped slave who became a vocal member of the abolitionist movement as well as women’s rights. | Sojourner Truth |
helped fuel the abolitionist movement in 1852 by writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book shined a light on the horrors of slavery. | Harriett Beecher Stowe |
is the refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief. | Civil Disobedience |
These women organized the Seneca Falls Convention creating the Declaration of Sentiments and ultimately the Women’s Rights Movement in the United States. | Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott |
helped create the woman’s rights movement into a national organization. | Susan B. Anthony |