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- 1. An English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom.
- 3. Was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".
- 5. Black American slave who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion in U.S. History
- 6. An American businessman for whom the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, is named. He was instrumental in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States.
- 7. A monthly periodical collected contributed works of poetry and fiction by the female textile workers of the Lowell, Massachusetts textile mills of the early American industrial revolution.
- 9. supreme power or authority
- 16. a nonviolent refusal to obey authority and laws
- 17. a machine that separates the cotton seeds and hulls from the cotton boll (tuft of cotton)
- 19. An _______ is rural rather than urban-based. It is centered upon the production, consumption, trade, and sale of agricultural commodities, including plants and livestock.
- 20. an approach to foreign policy that stated the American continents were no longer under European influence
- 23. lands governed by the federal government but not belonging to any state
- 24. the idea that women should raise their children to be good citizens who participated in the government
- 26. the transition from a preindustrial economy to a market-oriented, capitalist economy
- 30. An American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902.
- 33. before the American Civil War
- 34. treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just.
- 36. An American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the 5th president of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
- 37. Often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period.
- 39. the act of putting an end to something, such as slavery
- 43. a method of production in which large crews of people performed work in one location
- 44. Catharine Esther Beecher was an American educator known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kindergarten into children's education.
- 46. the buying and selling of slaves within the United States
- 47. An American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production.
- 48. a religious song based on scripture and biblical figures in the Christian Bible, first sung by enslaved people in the South
- 49. the cloth and clothing made from cotton and other raw materials
- 50. a loyalty to whichever section or region of the country one was from, rather than to the nation as a whole
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- 2. a school for women in Connecticut.
- 4. _________ was an early 19th-century free Black pastor and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina, who was accused and convicted of planning a major slave revolt in 1822.
- 8. The _________ is a canal that traverses east-west through upstate New York, eastern United States, as part of the cross-state route of the New York State Canal System.
- 10. a machine that cuts stalks of wheat or oats
- 11. a machine that sent messages long distances by sending electrical pulses in code over electrical wires
- 12. a boat outfitted with steam boiler engines to power the paddle wheels that propel it forward
- 13. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
- 14. an era in which widespread production by machinery replaced goods made by hand
- 15. an agreement that stated the people of Missouri could own slaves and be admitted to the Union along with Maine, a free state
- 18. __________ was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked prior to its execution, and he and twenty-five followers were hanged.
- 21. Judith Sargent Stevens Murray was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essay writer, playwright, poet, and letter writer.
- 22. an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" and the "Father of the American Factory System"
- 25. a work stoppage in order to force an employer to comply with demands
- 27. the complete and exclusive control of an industry by one company
- 28. a policy of promoting the U.S. industrial system through the use of tariffs, federal subsidies to build roads and other public works, and a national bank to control currency
- 29. _________ was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state, also receiving electoral votes for president in 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections.
- 31. The ________ and ________ connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. In Illinois, it ran 96 miles from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru.
- 32. parts of a mechanism that can be substituted one for another
- 35. The ____________ marked a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812.
- 38. government funds for improvements or support of commerce
- 40. An American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832, while adamantly defending slavery and protecting the interests of the white South.
- 41. the concept of loyalty and devotion to one’s nation
- 42. a power not explicitly stated in the Constitution
- 45. An American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South