Jayden G. Ch #14 Study Guide

4. Samuel Morse made communicating over vast distances, expanding trade, and making lots of money possible with the ________.
5. Most cotton plantations were in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina; this range became colloquially known as the "______ _______."
8. Factory machines became cheap to run, and mills did not need to be placed near rivers because of _______ power.
9. The Slave Codes prohibited slaves from gathering in groups of more than _____.
11. In the South, _______ had a minor role in the economy, contrary to the North's booming urbanization.
13. The newly-invented _______ ships made it possible to dominate global sea trade in the 1840s to 1850s, before steam ships replaced them.
15. Because of their wealth and power, many of the large plantation owners became ________ leaders.
18. One Free Black known as _______ _____ planned a revolt but never carried it out due to betrayal, and was executed because of it.
19. Most workers in Northern factories were European _________, coming from places like Ireland and Germany/The German Confederation.
21. The slave known as ___ ________ lead a bloody but unsuccessful revolt in Virginia during the 1800s.
22. The Slave Codes forbid slaves from leaving the owner's land without a _______ pass/permit.
23. Railroads were made faster and safer by the use of ____ rails plus sturdier roadbeds and bridges.
24. About a _____ of the South's population was entirely made from enslaved people.

1. Just one worker on a cotton gin could do the work of _____ men cleaning cotton by hand.
2. Most white Southerners owned ____ slaves, since they were expensive to buy and represented status.
3. In 1793, ___ ______ invented the cotton gin, which easily removed seeds from fresh cotton.
6. Less than ___ percent of people in the South actually owned over 50 slaves and were wealthy.
7. The Slave Codes banned slaves from possessing a ___.
10. Around 1829, ________ became popular due to the invention of the steam-powered locomotive engine.
12. Slaves were not allowed to learn how to ____ or _____ since it could help increase their chances of successfully running away.
14. A large amount of Irish migrants came to the U.S. to escape the Irish ________ ________ that starved hundreds of thousands.
16. Slave owners did not like having Free Blacks around because they thought they could cause slaves to _____ against their masters.
17. During the Industrial Revolution, Southern ______ became a cash crop due to the invention of the cotton gin.
20. On some large plantations, slaves took up more skillful jobs such as being a ________ or blacksmith.