Communication device that sends electrical signals along a wire.

Anti-foreign belief as opposed to immigration.

Engine that pulls a railroad train.

Association of trade workers formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions.

Policy that denies equal rights to certain groups of people.

Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.

Fast-sailing ship of the mid-1800s.

Refusal by workers to do their jobs until their demands are met.

Name for the wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid-1800s.

Area of the south from South Carolina through Alabama and Mississippi to Texas.

Invented the lightweight steel plow that could be pulled by a horse rather than slow-moving oxen.

Opened a factory in Chicago that produced mechanical reapers. A horse drawn machine that mowed wheat and other grains.

Invented the "talking wire" or telegraph in 1844. The code was known as Morse code.

The Know-Nothing party

Political party formed by nativists. All of the members were Catholic and anti-immigrant. They had secret meetings and were called the "Know-Nothing" party because they answered, "I know nothing," when asked about the party.

Was tutoring on a plantation when learned about the problem they had with separating the seeds form the cotton and invented a machine to do it much faster. The Cotton Gin.

Modeled his cotton mill in South Carolina on the mills in Lowell, Massachusetts. Gregg built houses and gardens for his workers and schools for their children.

An African American preacher that led a major revolt. They killed more that 57 whites in Virginia.

Planned a revolt in 1822. Vesey was betrayed before the revolt began. He and 35 other people were executed.

Became the first African American licensed to practice law in the United States in 1845.

An editor of "Freedom's Journal", the first African American newspaper.

Launched the "Rainbow", the first of the clipper ships.

Invented the sewing machine that reduced the time it took to make a shirt from 14 hours to 1 hour.

Operated a profitable furniture company in Cincinnati.

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Question	Answer
Telegraph	Communication device that sends electrical signals along a wire.
Artisan	Skilled worker.
Nativist	Anti-foreign belief as opposed to immigration.
Locomotive	Engine that pulls a railroad train.
Trade Union	Association of trade workers formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions.
Discrimination	Policy that denies equal rights to certain groups of people.
Slave Code	Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.
Clipper Ship	Fast-sailing ship of the mid-1800s.
Strike	Refusal by workers to do their jobs until their demands are met.
"Cottonocracy"	Name for the wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid-1800s.
Famine	Severe food shortage.
Cotton Kingdom	Area of the south from South Carolina through Alabama and Mississippi to Texas.
John Deere	Invented the lightweight steel plow that could be pulled by a horse rather than slow-moving oxen.
Cyrus McCormick	Opened a factory in Chicago that produced mechanical reapers. A horse drawn machine that mowed wheat and other grains.
Samuel F.B. Morse	Invented the "talking wire" or telegraph in 1844. The code was known as Morse code.
The Know-Nothing party	Political party formed by nativists. All of the members were Catholic and anti-immigrant. They had secret meetings and were called the "Know-Nothing" party because they answered, "I know nothing," when asked about the party.
Eli Witney	Was tutoring on a plantation when learned about the problem they had with separating the seeds form the cotton and invented a machine to do it much faster. The Cotton Gin.
William Gregg	Modeled his cotton mill in South Carolina on the mills in Lowell, Massachusetts. Gregg built houses and gardens for his workers and schools for their children.
Nat Turner	An African American preacher that led a major revolt. They killed more that 57 whites in Virginia.
Denmark Vesey	Planned a revolt in 1822. Vesey was betrayed before the revolt began. He and 35 other people were executed.
Macon Allen	Became the first African American licensed to practice law in the United States in 1845.
John Russworm	An editor of "Freedom's Journal", the first African American newspaper.
John Griffiths	Launched the "Rainbow", the first of the clipper ships.
Elias Howe	Invented the sewing machine that reduced the time it took to make a shirt from 14 hours to 1 hour.
Henry Boyd	Operated a profitable furniture company in Cincinnati.

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