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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| By the 1850s, what helped connect towns, cities and factories in the North? | Railroads |
| In the 1850's the North is laying railroad track ____ faster than the South? | 4x |
| Clipper ships are faster than previous ships. How did Clipper Ships help the US? | They helped US gain a large share of the world's sea trade. |
| What did the invention of steam powered machines mean for making goods? | Factories could be built almost anywhere, not just near water. |
| Who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney |
| How did the invention of the cotton gin revolutionize cotton production? | Cotton could be cleaned 50 times faster. |
| What happened to cotton growers because of the invention of the cotton gin? | Cotton growers made more money (became more profitable). |
| Describe how Eli Whitney's invention worked. | Cotton plant was run through a box full of bristles that cleaned the seeds from the cotton. |
| What area of the South became known as the Cotton Kingdom? | North Carolina to Texas |
| The spread of cotton planting also meant the spread of _______. | slavery |
| What was the relationship between cotton production and slavery? | When more cotton is made, the number of slaves go up. |
| Which former female slave, travelled across the country speaking against slavery and for Women's Rights? | Sojourner Truth |
| This former slave broke Maryland law and learned how to read. He also spoke throughout the US & Britain against slavery. | Frederick Douglass |
| Between 1820 and 1860, people organized in an attempt to improve what was unjust in society. This movement was called? | Social Reform |
| Leaders of the Temperance Movement believed? | A ban on alcoholic beverages would benefit society. |
| Dorothea Dix visited every jail, poorhouse and hospital in Massachusetts in an effort to convince legislatures that | The mentally ill should not be jailed like criminals. |
| A growing number of reformers wanted to end slavery completely in the US. These people are called? | Abolitionists |
| The Underground Railroad did what? | Helped slaves escape to freedom in the North or Canada. |
| Both Northerners and Southerners opposed the abolition of slavery because... | They thought freeing 4 million slaves would threaten their economic livelihood. |
| Southerns who did NOT own slaves defended slavery because.... | The Southern economy was dependent on the cotton plantations. |
| Many Northerners were against abolition because | 1. Northerners depended on Southern cotton; 2. Northern workers feared freed slaves would come North and take their jobs; 3. many Northerners were racists. |
| This person was a white abolitionist who published a newspaper called THE LIBERATOR | William Lloyd Garrison |
| 200 women and 40 men gathered at the Seneca Falls Convention to pass resolutions demanding | Equality for women at work, school and church |
| The Women's Rights Movement gained momentum as a result of what gathering? | The Seneca Falls Convention |
| Atthe Seneca Falls Convention, delegates debated the issue of granting wome nt the right to vote. The resolution calling for women's suffrage did what? | Passed by a single votge. |
| In 1819 Missouri applied to join the Union as a slave state. Why was this a problem? | The North was upset because there would be 12 slave states and only 11 free states. |
| Which senator was involved in drafting the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850? | Henry Clay |
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