Social Studies Chapter 11 Test
after
(before/after) cotton gin farms were increasing
before
(before/after) cotton gin immigrant population was increasing
before
(before/after) cotton gin slavery was decreasing
after
(before/after) cotton gin slavery was increasing AGAIN
cities
10 year old - middle aged girls moved from farms to ______ to work in factories... they had culture shock
south
African Americans - VERY FEW were free, most slaves were segregated, whipped, and afraid of slave catchers; physical and other abuse, denied rights, no public education, couldn't vote or serve of juries, developed new inventions, only 6% were free
north
African Americans - discrimination, no voting, hard to get a job, created 1st newspaper, established a church, afraid of slave catchers
west
African Americans - some slaves/some free, debate over slavery heats up
farms
Americans lived on _____ near work
children
________ were expected to work as long as older women
machines
________ were loud and many factory workers lost their hearing
telegraph
a device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances
factory system
brings workers and machinery together in one place
Francis Cabot Lowell
built an improved version of British machinery (stole ideas from England)
immigrants
cities grow and __________ arrive to compete for jobs
stock
corporations grow and sold _____ to raise money to build factories and businesses
increased
cotton gin : _________ cotton production = _________ number of factories = _________ need for workers
Samuel F.B. Morse
created the telegraph and Morse Code
cotton
demand for ______ increases during the industrial revolution
Eli Whitney
developed the cotton gin
expand
farms get larger and ______ into western territory, which is good land for farming
interchangeable parts
identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers
fingers
in factories loss of _______ and hands were very common for children working
slave code
laws that controlled ever aspect of a slave's live
Nat Turner
led the most famous slave revolt in 1831
north
living conditions - crowded, dirty, no sewage systems, unclean water, diseases spread, poor air quality, fires
south
living conditions - families broken apart, abused/shackled, resisted slavery, lived in one room cabins
west
living conditions - open land/rural/farming, trying to get along with natives
industrial revolution
machines took the place of hand tools; power was provided by first by flowing water, and then by steam engines
south
people - 4 million African American slaves
north
people - immigrants from Ireland and Germany; people from rural areas
west
people - immigrants who couldn't get jobs in the north, Scotch-Irish and German immigrants, great population boom
capitalism
people can produce, buy, sell, and trade what they want where they want (aka free enterprise)
capitalists
people who invest capital, or money, in a business to earn profit
nativists
people who wanted to preserve the country for white, American-born Protestants
spirituals
religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the realities of slavery
cotton gin
removed seeds from cotton with "teeth" through slats
running water
rivers in the northeast were plentiful, so _______ _____ was used as a power source
strict
rules for the mill girls were ______ and must be followed... or else they're fired
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some rules that the mill girls had to follow : 10 pm curfew no male visitors required to work __ hours a day they were required to go to church
discrimination
the denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people
urbanization
the growth of cities due to the movement of people from rural areas to cities
1800s
the industrial revolution impacted America in the...
1700s
the industrial revolution started in the...
cash
the mill girls were paid in ____
husband
the money that the mill girls made went to brothers and their ________'s education
mass production
the rapid manufacturing of large numbers of identical objects
south
transportation - VERY FEW railroads
north
transportation - rivers, canals, horses
west
transportation - roads, turnpikes, canals
famine
widespread starvation
north
work - dock workers, factory, shops, firefighters
west
work - pioneers, living off the land, hunting animals, trading goods at market
south
work - ship owners, banking jobs, growing cotton on plantations (slaves), small farmer (pigs/chickens), nannies, butlers