Social Studies Chapter 11 Test

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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

14

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


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