Chloe Hernandez Ch#14 Study Guide

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