Across
- 4. The product that experienced soaring demand due to the Industrial Revolution.
- 5. The event in Ireland that triggered mass migration to the United States.
- 7. The area primarily dedicated to agriculture and heavily reliant on slave labor.
- 8. McCormick's invention, replacing the manual effort of five individuals.
- 10. The main purpose of factories in the South, supporting farming activities.
- 11. The most challenging aspect of cotton picking was removing them.
- 13. The inventor of the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized cotton production.
- 17. Slaves were considered valuable assets, leading to differential treatment, but also to no legal consequences for their owners if they were killed.
- 19. The term for the wealthy Southerners who owned more than 50 slaves.
- 21. These vessels replaced clipper ships and transformed maritime transportation.
- 22. The approximate number of immigrants who arrived in the US during the 1840s-1850s, greatly contributing to factory labor.
Down
- 1. The term for the geographic area where cotton plantations flourished.
- 2. Inverters of sewing machine made mass production of clothing, big bucks
- 3. The main goal behind most inventions during this era in the US.
- 6. The area where rich plantation owners held significant sway in the South.
- 9. john ___ make the steel snow plow
- 12. The number of people the cotton gin could do the work of, greatly increasing cotton production.
- 14. most railroads in the 1800 were built in the _____
- 15. The code used in the telegraph system for long-distance communication.
- 16. The number of million German immigrants who arrived in the US during the 1840s and 1850s.
- 18. A source of power that significantly increased factory productivity and reduced costs.
- 20. The speed at which trains could travel with the introduction of steam-powered locomotives.
- 23. The proportion of the South's population that comprised enslaved individuals.