Across
- 1. the Government funds for improvements or support of commerce.
- 2. trapped in the institution of slavery created a culture of survival, resistance, and, ultimately, rebellion.
- 4. buying and selling of slaves within the United States.
- 5. led a small group of fellow slaves in a violent rebellion in which more than 50 people were killed in one night?
- 6. largest river in North America and one of the largest in the world.
- 7. 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.
- 8. approach to foreign policy that stated the American continents were no longer under European influence.
- 10. transition from a preindustrial economy to a market-oriented, capitalist economy.
- 11. idea that women should raise their children to be good citizens who participated in the government.
- 13. agreement that stated the people of Missouri could own slaves and be admitted to the Union along with Maine, a free state.
- 14. industrialization in the early 19th century transformed the ways in which Americans lived and worked.
- 16. non-violent refusal to obey authority and laws.
- 23. work stoppage in order to force an employer to comply with demands.
- 29. ,the Mississippi River was and still is one of the most important rivers in America.
- 34. boat outfitted with steam boiler engines to power the paddle wheels that propel it forward.
- 36. created the telegraph?
- 37. complete and exclusive control of an industry by one company.
- 40. time before the American Civil War.
- 41. created the steamboat?
- 42. method of production in which large crews of people performed work in one location.
- 43. access to education and the rise of women’s organizations expanded women’s roles in the early republic.
- 44. Ford was one of the most wealthy and influential innovators, and made many useful inventions of the time such as the cotton gin.
- 45. ,as the United States expanded its territory and its power, it negotiated how each new state would deal with the issue of slavery.
- 46. loyalty to whichever section or region of the country one was from, rather than to the nation as a whole.
- 47. power not explicitly stated in the Constitution.
- 48. ,completed in 1848, connected Lake Michigan to the Illinois and Mississippi rivers near the city of Chicago.
Down
- 1. religious song based on scripture and biblical figures in the Christian Bible, first sung by enslaved people in the South.
- 3. which treaty did the United States formally receive Florida from Spain and gave Spain sovereignty over Texas?
- 9. concept of loyalty and devotion to one’s nation.
- 12. person who invented the cotton gin.
- 14. developed a strong national identity during the administrations of presidents James Madison and James Monroe.
- 15. administration of James Monroe, who was elected president of the United States in 1816.
- 17. machine that sent messages long distances by sending electrical pulses in code over electrical wires.
- 18. act of putting an end to something, such as slavery.
- 19. inventions made American workers more productive, created new industries, and contributed to the nation’s economic growth.
- 20. , a new invention enabled southern plantation owners to grow more crops and increase profits.
- 21. era in which widespread production by machinery replaced goods made by hand.
- 22. series of long and short pulses
- 24. , parts of a mechanism that can be substituted one for another.
- 25. canal that stretched from Buffalo near Lake Erie in western New York to Albany.
- 26. machine that separates the cotton seeds and hulls from the cotton ball.
- 27. chapter about the Monroe Doctrine and what is within it.
- 28. created the horse-drawn mechanical reaper?
- 30. cloth and clothing made from cotton and other raw materials.
- 31. ,lands governed by the federal government but not belonging to any state.
- 32. machine that cuts stalks of wheat or oats.
- 33. ,between1800 and 1850, the United States built the most advanced transportation network in the world.
- 35. mountain range stretches north to south for more than 1,500 miles from Canada to Alabama and is up to 300 miles wide.
- 38. was elected president in 1816?
- 39. began a series of overnight stays in houses once occupied by slaves?