Across
- 4. Only 1% of ______ were rich plantation owners who owned slaves.
- 6. major hub of the US
- 8. the industrial revolution increased ______ for crops like cotton.
- 9. about 200,0000 free ______ were in the South.
- 10. major hub of the US
- 11. the reason many irish immigrants came to the US was because of the potato _________
- 15. The section who thought they were becoming dependent on the North.
- 16. major hub of the US
- 17. Most southerners owned 0 of these.
- 18. John Deere's ________ enabled farmers to cultivate faster,and better.
- 20. What did slaveowners consider their slaves? It was a reason to treat them humanely.
- 21. What became steam powered around 1829?
Down
- 1. Inventor who created the mechanical reaper, tool that helped farm more efficiently.
- 2. Eli Whitney created the ______ __,which farmed cotton up to 50 times the normal person.
- 3. ___________ were used to limit slave's abilities to run away.
- 5. ____________% of Southerners were just normal farmers.
- 7. better roadbeds and rails were just some of the _______ that happened to railroads.
- 12. The 1% of southerners were known as
- 13. _______ code was a better way to communicate trough long distances.
- 14. What replaced clipper ships?
- 19. Who came to the states in the 1840s-50s to find work and a better life?
