A crop broker who managed the trade between southern planters and their customers

emotional Christian songs sung by enslaved people in the South that mixed African and European elements and

- the refusal of workers to perform their jobs until employers meet their demands

Industrial Revolution

A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s

a large-scale farmer who held more than 20 slaves

A region stretching from South Carolina to east Texas where most U.S. cotton was produced during the mid-1800s

Details about how the Industrial Revolution helped shape life in the North - you must cite people, events and circumstances

The people were Eli W, Samuel S, Francis L, Sarah G Bagely, Richard A. The events were Lowell system, RI system, Cotten gin, Interchangeable parts, mills. The circumstances are More people and women and kids worked

Explain what it is like to live on a cotton farm in the south during the first half of the 1800’s. Make sure you have details of how people may have looked, how they may have spoken, the weather, and jobs.

To live on a cotton farm in the south during the first half of the 1800’s was like slaves doing everything in the farms. Cotton G was made. PLanters have 20+ slaves. Owners were wealthy.

What were the three main social classes in the south during the Antebellum period?

Yeomans, planters, poor whites people

What are some characteristics of the Rhode Island System and the Lowell System?

The the Rhode Island system entire families for work in Lowell system they hired young unmarried woman

Describe the working conditions of most factory workers.

harsh conditions, long hours, low pay and dangerous Machinery

What was the need for more land to grow cotton?

Work cotton exhausted the land of nutrients

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Question	Answer
Yeoman	Owners of small farms
Factors	A crop broker who managed the trade between southern planters and their customers
Textile	Cloth
Spirituals	emotional Christian songs sung by enslaved people in the South that mixed African and European elements and
Strike	- the refusal of workers to perform their jobs until employers meet their demands
Industrial Revolution	A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s
Planters	a large-scale farmer who held more than 20 slaves
Cotton Belt	A region stretching from South Carolina to east Texas where most U.S. cotton was produced during the mid-1800s
Details about how the Industrial Revolution helped shape life in the North - you must cite people, events and circumstances	The people were Eli W, Samuel S, Francis L, Sarah G Bagely, Richard A. The events were Lowell system, RI system, Cotten gin, Interchangeable parts, mills. The circumstances are More people and women and kids worked
Explain what it is like to live on a cotton farm in the south during the first half of the 1800’s. Make sure you have details of how people may have looked, how they may have spoken, the weather, and jobs.	To live on a cotton farm in the south during the first half of the 1800’s was like slaves doing everything in the farms. Cotton G was made. PLanters have 20+ slaves. Owners were wealthy.
Who invented the cotton gin	Eli Whitney
What were the three main social classes in the south during the Antebellum period?	Yeomans, planters, poor whites people
What were free Africans allowed to do in the South legally?	Work as skilled artisans
What are some characteristics of the Rhode Island System and the Lowell System?	The the Rhode Island system entire families for work in Lowell system they hired young unmarried woman
Describe the working conditions of most factory workers.	harsh conditions, long hours, low pay and dangerous Machinery
Who invented the large spinning machine which could produce dozens of cotton threads?	Richard A
What are some jobs performed by slaves on plantations?	Cleaning land
What was the role of the planter's wife on a plantation?	Work in the house
What was the need for more land to grow cotton?	Work cotton exhausted the land of nutrients
What changes resulted from the change to steam powered factories?	Workers got lower wages

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