Across
- 2. About how many immigrants arrived in the 1840's and 50's?
- 4. What crop did the Industrial revolution increase demand for?
- 7. Samuel Morse made communicating over vast areas possible, expanding trade and making big $$$ with the _____.
- 8. A "Cotton Gin" could do the work of not just one but ____ people.
- 9. What % of the entire Southern population were slaves?
- 11. What can you infer regarding the “cause and effect” of slavery and cotton production?
- 14. This slave led a bloody but unsuccessful revolt in the VA, in the 1800's.
- 15. The ships made it possible to “win a large share of the world’s sea trade in 1840’s and 50’s” were called _____ ___.
- 17. Parts of US and specific cities that became major hubs, also known as the "major lines."
- 21. The affect steam powered machines had on factories was they were _______ __ ___.
- 22. The machines that were considered "easier to run" were _____ _______.
Down
- 1. How did early railroads become more useful around 1829?
- 3. Many workers in Northern factories were _______.
- 5. Most white southerners could own no more then how many slaves?
- 6. Seeds and cotton fiber needed to be _________. This process was long and time- consuming.
- 10. Who invented the sewing machine?
- 12. Many immigrants came because of __________ and disease.
- 13. The 1% of southerners that owned 50 slaves were considered _______.
- 16. What other advancement concerning rails made railroads safer and faster?
- 18. This country sent about 50, 000 immigrants to the US in 1850.
- 19. The _____ actions restricted from slaves were reading, writing, and learning.
- 20. The affect this had on the Southern economy was an ______ in cotton production.
