Across
- 8. John Griffiths invented this to make traveling quicker.
- 11. What invention sent electrical signals along a long wire
- 12. 75% of southern whites owned ____________ slaves.
- 16. Most ______ southerners owned no slaves.
- 18. Who invented the Cotton Gin?
- 19. Who invented farm machines?
- 20. The % of southerners that were wealthy slave owners with at least 50 slaves was ____.
- 21. Slaves were not allowed to own ____(four letter word).
- 23. Artisans in each trade united to form ___________.
- 24. This kept slaves from running away or rebelling.
- 25. What provided transportation for canals in 1829?
- 26. One third of the entire southern population were ______.
- 27. Over 200,000 free blacks lived in the ______ around 1860.
- 28. Cotton Gins did the work of _____ people.
- 29. Slaves were not aloud to learn this because it might help them escape.
- 30. On tobacco farms a few field hands had _________ acres of tobacco.
Down
- 1. What invention was capable of mowing wheat and other grains?
- 2. Machines that were driven by steam were powerful and ____ to run.
- 3. This many immigrants came to the US in 1850.
- 4. What year did most immigrants arrive in the US?
- 5. Slaves were not aloud to gather in groups of more than _____.
- 6. Some slave owners wanted to keep their slaves _____________.
- 7. The industrial revolution increased demand for _____.
- 9. What needed to be taken out of cotton for it to be used?
- 10. What made railroads safer and faster?
- 13. The region where most cotton plantations were found was called the ______.
- 14. Slaves could not leave their owners without what?
- 15. What remained small and existed only to meet the needs of a farming society?
- 17. Howe and Singer invented the _________.
- 22. In the 1830s factories began to use this instead of water.
