Across
- 3. area of high cotton production in the south
- 4. crop brokers
- 5. a machine that removes seeds from the short-staple cotton
- 6. owners of small farms
- 8. large-scale farmers who held more than 20 slaves
- 11. different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet
- 12. the tools used to produce items or to do work
- 13. device that could send information over wires across great distances
- 16. protests of work until demands were met
- 17. groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions
- 18. period of rapid growth in using machines in the mid-1700's
Down
- 1. violent slave revolt in the United States in 1831
- 2. parts of a machine that are identical
- 7. the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods
- 9. one of the most productive ironworks in the nation
- 10. stories with a moral to teach lessons about how to survive slavery
- 14. emotional Christian songs that blended African and European music
- 15. cloth items
