Chrystal Adebiyi Ch#4 Study Guide

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Across
  1. 3. These ships made it possible to “win a large share of the world’s sea trade in 1840’s and 50’s” before steam ships replaced them
  2. 9. This person improved Elias Howe's sewing machine
  3. 10. One Cotton Gin could do the work of _________
  4. 11. ________ total immigrants came to US in 1850
  5. 12. Most white Southerners owned ______ slaves
  6. 14. Some slaves were skilled workers and became _________ and _________
  7. 15. The Slave Codes were made so that slaves wouldn't __________
  8. 16. An ________ _________ developed a steam-powered locomotive engine to pull rail cars, this made early railroads become more useful around 182
  9. 18. In the area were most Cotton Plantations where, this region was called _________-
  10. 20. About ________ immigrants arrived in the 1840’s and 50’s
  11. 22. This African American resisted slavery and wanted to get revenge on plantation owners
  12. 25. It was hard to remove ______ from cotton before the Cotton Gin
  13. 26. This country sent about 50, 000 immigrants to the US in 1850
  14. 28. Because of their wealth, most of the 1% of wealthy Southern slave owners became _____________
  15. 29. This person opened a factory in Chicago that produced mechanical reapers
Down
  1. 1. Because of the Slave Codes, slaves were not allowed to own _________
  2. 2. This person invented the Cotton Gin, an “engine” of “gin” that cleaned the product by pulling it apart and removing the seeds
  3. 4. Many immigrants come to US from Ireland because a disease destroyed their main crops which are _____________
  4. 5. Engineers learned to build __________________making railroads safer and faster
  5. 6. This African American resisted slavery and planned a revolt in 1822
  6. 7. During this year did the most immigrants arrive in the US
  7. 8. Some slave owners treated their slaves humanly because they viewed them as _____________
  8. 13. Slaves owners didn't like having free blacks around because they feared a ___________
  9. 17. This person patented a new sewing machine that was later improved by Isaac Singer
  10. 19. To make it harder for slaves to escape slavery, they where not allowed to read and ________
  11. 21. Many workers in Northern factories were ___________
  12. 23. This person received a patent for a "talking wire" or telegraph
  13. 24. The 1% of wealthy Southern slave owners who onwed at least 50 slaves where know as ___________
  14. 25. The Industrial revolution increase demand for this crop
  15. 27. This other European country had about 1 million of their people arrive in the US around the 1840's and 50's