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- Railroads
- Built in 1800s, train went throught farmens field,(farmers competition from these might cause them to lose their investments)
- Nat Turner
- AA preacher who led a major revolt, he led his followers through virginia killing more than 57 whites
- Clipper Ships
- Fast sailing ship of the mid-1800's, first on was the rainbow, had mast and huge sails
- Samuel F.B Morese
- given funds to run wire from Washington D.C. to Baltimore (sent message to Baltimore and receives it back later)
- Cotton Gin
- Inveted by Eli Whiney, simple machine w/ enourmous effects
- Steam Driven Machines
- bought cheap goods
- Norbert Rillieux
- invented a machine that revolutionized the way sugar was made, A free AA
- Skilled Workers
- the unskilled ones didnt get the better stuff
- Irish Immigrants
- Disease destroyed the potato crop across Europe, ____ fled to the US
- Cotton Planters
- demand for goods in the south was not as great as in the north so it hurt the southern industry, Souths most profitable cash crop was cotton
- Free Blacks in the South
- couldnt vote or travel
- Nat Turner
- Killed many innocent AA to find ____ found him and hung him
- Steam Driven Machines
- machines were powerful & cheaper, factories that used steam poewr could be built almost everwhere, familys by factory made products
- Women Factory Workers
- faced special problems, always earned less $ then men, most union leaders didnt want ____
- Cotton GIn
- led to a boom in cotton production
- Cotton Gin
- took the seeds out of the cotton
- Railroads
- NY, Chicago, and Cinci all had center of these, South mad much less than the North, caused trade to increase, growth of these increased northern farming
- Free Blacks in the South
- Sometimes they had to move out of the state or be enslaved
- Steam Driven Machines
- railroads made it faster cheaper more goods could be carried faster
- Clipper Ships
- narrow hulls clipped swiftly trhough the water, broke speed record
- Clipper Ships
- Very fast and America won large share of the worlds sea trade in the 1840s and 50s from this
- Skilled Workers
- the skilled artisans were listened to and they were on ttrikes b/c the employers couldnt afford to lose them
- Women Factory Workers
- In their ranks & belevied women shouldnt work outside the house, goals for many unions were to raise mens wages so ____ could leave their jobs
- Famine
- a severe good shortage and starvation
- German Immigrants
- Arrived in U.S. in 1850s, rebels fought for democratic reforms which failed causing thousands to flee
- Extended families
- a close knit ____ group that includes grandparents, parents children, aunts uncles and cousins, this gave a sense of strength pride and love to slaves during this hard time
- Skilled Workers
- Artisans went on stikes b/c they werent happy with their pay, work hours, and working conditions
- Railroads
- concern for reliability safety b/c some have broken down and accidents (engineers made improvents which made traviling much faster causing large restrictions to be removed)
- Cotton Planters
- moved out west after war of 1812
- Cotton Gin
- Helped southrn platers make/grow cotton quicker and make huge profit
- Samuel F.B. Morse
- Recieved a patent for a "talk wire" or telegraph, later became known as ____ code