Chloe Hernandez Ch#14 Study Guide
Across
- 2. Concerning the Slave Codes, what were they aiming to achieve?
- 3. This slave led a bloody but unsuccessful revolt in Va in the 1800's.
- 10. Regarding the first railroads, there was an advancement relating to rails that made railroads safer and faster. What was the advancement called?
- 12. Who was the inventor of the Cotton Gin, a machine that utilized a process akin to "ginning" to clean the product by separating it and extracting the seeds?
- 13. What term was used to refer to this 1% of wealthy individuals?
- 15. Samuel Morse made communicating over vast areas possible, expanding trade and making big $$$$ with the ________.
- 18. Why were slaves prohibited from learning to read or write?
- 21. What was the impact of “industry” on the South?
- 22. In 1850, what country transefered around 50,000 immigrants to the United States?
Down
- 1. What were some examples of "skilled workers" among the slaves?
- 4. Why did some owners treat their slaves kindly, and what did they view them as?Why did some owners treat their slaves kindly, and what did they view them as?
- 5. Most cotton plantations were in South Carolina through Alabama and Mississippi to Texas. The region it was located in was called the _________.
- 6. Which crop experienced increased demand due to the Industrial Revolution?
- 7. What percentage of the entire Southern population consisted of slaves?
- 8. What percentage of individuals in the Southern region were wealthy slaveholders who possessed a minimum of 50 enslaved individuals?
- 9. Because of their wealth, what influential role did many of these planters assume that shaped the way of life in the South?
- 11. Which additional European nation saw approximately 1 million of its citizens immigrate to the United States during the same period?
- 14. What was one of the rules imposed on slaves? did some owners treat their slaves kindly, and what did they view them as?
- 16. In the 1840 and 1850s, there were ships that made it attainable to win a large share of the world’s sea trade before steam ships replace them. What were the ships called?
- 17. Who was one African American who resisted slavery?
- 19. What was one of the rules imposed on slaves?
- 20. Numerous laborers in Northern factories were _______.