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The North and The So
US History Chapter 14: The North and The South
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| Domestic slave trade increased. | What was one of the consequences of the cotton gin? |
| Northeast | By 1860, where were most of the country’s goods manufactured? |
| Upper South | Which area became a center for the sale and transport of enslaved people throughout the South? |
| natural waterways | In general, what did farmers and factory owners in the South use in order to transport their goods? |
| demand in Europe | Which of the following kept the price of cotton high in the years before 1860? |
| spirituals | African American folk songs that expressed the passionate beliefs of the South's enslaved workers were called |
| Nat Turner | Who was the religious leader who led a slave revolt in 1831? |
| The Underground Railroad | The network of safe houses that assisted runaway enslaved people was known as the ____________________________. |
| famine | What caused the increase in Irish migration to the United States? |
| formed trade unions | What did workers do to improve their working conditions? |
| earn a profit | The main goal of large plantation owners was to |
| telegraph | Which invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with the industrial growth and fast-paced travel? |
| mechanical reaper | Which invention ensured that raising wheat would remain the main economic activity in the Midwestern prairies? |
| 11.4 hours | By 1840, what was the average workday for factory workers? |
| William Gregg | Which South Carolina merchant opened a textile factory? |
| nativists | During the 1830s and 1840s, what were people called who were opposed to immigration? |
| yeomen | The largest group of whites in the South was made up of |
| steel-tipped plow | What did John Deere invent in 1837? |
| Deep South | In 1850 Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas were part of which region? |
| discrimination | What problem did women face in the workplace? |
| Pennsylvania | In which state did the Great Train Wreck of 1856 occur? |
| cotton | What was the main crop of the Deep South? |
| Germany | From which country did the second largest group of immigrants arrive into the United States between 1820 and 1860? |
| miles of railroad tracks | By 1860, the United States had almost 31,000 |
| strike | refusal to work |
| prejudice | unfair opinion not based on fact |
| Macon B. Allen | became a licensed lawyer |
| Sarah Bagley | founded Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization |
| Know-Nothing Party | formed by nativists in 1849 |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| legal | permitted by law |
| brief | short in duration |
| tenant farmers | farmed landlords' estates |
| credit | to purchase goods with loaded money |
| trade union | a group of workers with the same skill |
| capital | money to invest |
| discrimination | unfair treatment of a specific group |