Unit 9 Review

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Across
  1. 5. Plantation owners hired an _____ to manage the day-to-day work of the slaves
  2. 6. This South Carolina politician who spoke out loudly to protect the institution of slavery in the South (last name only)
  3. 9. The growth of cities is called this
  4. 11. One of the 4 major problems with the rapidly growing cities - starts with an “O”
  5. 14. Laborers started to organize into _____ to fight for fair pay and better working conditions
  6. 16. One of the 4 major problems with the rapidly growing cities - starts with an “P”
  7. 19. These modest farmers were 2nd from the top of the social ladder in the South
  8. 21. Union workers would sometimes “turn out” - or “go on ____” - to pressure their employers for fair wages, safer working conditions, etc.
  9. 22. The era when workers began to organize to fight for safer working conditions, fair wages, and more(2)
  10. 24. Cold climate, the Industrial Revolution, religion, and the influence of newspapers were all reasons why ____ never caught on in the North
  11. 26. The big change in America starting around the year 1800 where products were being made with the help of machine rather than by hand (2)
  12. 30. Immigrants from all over the world came to the United States, but especially Germany and this country - due to the terrible potato famine
  13. 31. The textile industries of the North and Europe relied on this Southern product for survival
  14. 32. A crop grown solely to be sold for profit (2)
  15. 33. Some slaves worked in the ___ system, where they’d get a daily list of jobs. Their work would likely be over for the day when those jobs were finished.
  16. 34. The wealthy plantation ____ were at the top of the social ladder in the South
  17. 35. In the 1800s, the economy of the _____ was based on industry.
  18. 36. This was the nickname given to those people who helped runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad
  19. 38. Most plantation field slaves in the ____ system worked continuously all day
  20. 41. A tariff is a ____ on goods imported into the country
  21. 42. This invention allowed factories to not only produce fabric, but also made finished products with that fabric (2)
Down
  1. 1. These people, through no fault of their own, were at the bottom of the Southern social ladder and had no way to improve their lives
  2. 2. One of the 4 major problems with the rapidly growing cities - starts with an “S”
  3. 3. This invention by Samuel Morse revolutionized the speed of long distance communication in the nation
  4. 4. In the 1800s, the economy of the _____ was based on agriculture.
  5. 7. Southerners made great profits on cotton because of the high ______ for cotton in the North and in Europe.
  6. 8. This was the network of safe houses that some runaway slaves used to help them find freedom in the North (2)
  7. 10. Improvements in _____, including canals and railroads, connected the Northeast to the West, but left the South relatively isolated
  8. 12. Most slaves worked on a huge cash crop farm called a ______
  9. 13. The Antebellum Era was basically between the end of the War of 1812 and the start of the ___ War
  10. 15. Southerners passed laws called the _____ to prevent slaves from being able to organize a rebellion (2)
  11. 17. Northerners liked these because they helped to protect Northern industries, but for Southerners they just meant higher prices for products
  12. 18. Southerners used the idea of ____, saying that it was actually better to be a slave than a factory worker in the North (2)
  13. 20. Industrialization forever changed the opportunities for ____ in the workforce - at Lowell Mill, for example
  14. 23. Cotton quickly replaced _______ as the main cash crop of the South
  15. 25. These people controlled the political and social norms in the South (2)
  16. 27. One of the 4 major problems with the rapidly growing cities - starts with a “D”
  17. 28. The people were 3rd on the South’s social ladder, and struggled to get by financially (2)
  18. 29. This is the language used to send messages using the electric telegraph (2)
  19. 37. Eli Whitney’s invention - the _____ - was the biggest influence in cotton becoming the main cash crop in the South (2)
  20. 39. The idea of protecting the interests of natural-born or established inhabitants against the interests of immigrants
  21. 40. The ____ Era refers to the decades right before the start of the Civil War