Across
- 4. Samuel ___ created the telegraph, delivered news faster
- 6. Because of ____, most slave owners became politicians
- 8. This percent owned more than 50 slaves
- 9. Name of people that owned more than 50 slaves
- 11. Country that had immigrants come to US
- 12. ____ in Ireland caused immigrants to come
- 15. States where cotton plantations were were called _____
- 16. Which part of cotton was the most troublesome to remove?
- 17. This only existed to meet the needs of a farming society
- 20. These ships could "win the world’s sea trade in 1840’s and 50’s".
- 21. Inventor of the cotton gin
- 22. Country that had immigrants come to US
Down
- 1. Amount of immigrants in US by 1850
- 2. Farmers made ___________ because of cotton gin
- 3. Most white southerners owned __ slaves
- 5. Steam power created _____ ____ for engines
- 7. Elias Howe made a ___, made more shirts in less time
- 10. Ind Rev depended on this crop
- 13. Cotton gin did the work of _____ men
- 14. Created the lightweight steel plow, think lawnmowers
- 18. Created mechanical reaper, did more work than old one
- 19. Year when most immigrants came to US