Jonathan Z's Ch#14

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Across
  1. 1. _____ Singer made an improved version of the cotton gin.
  2. 2. Slaveholders feared that their slaves would rebel, so they made the ______ Code.
  3. 4. _______ Morse made the telegraph, with his own code that is used to use the telegraph.
  4. 5. To combat the issue with railroad safety, stronger ________ were built.
  5. 7. With all of the textile mills being popular, ______ was in increased demand.
  6. 11. ____ people were able to strike it rich with a lot of slaves, while others had less than 50.
  7. 13. Due to the great weather in the south for farming, the _________ states had the most slaves.
  8. 14. Because of the great weather here, the most common job in the South was ______.
  9. 16. ____ percent of the 9 million opulation in the south were slaves.
  10. 19. With the ___ caused by a potato disease, many Irish came to the U.S.
  11. 20. With the new invention of ______ power, more possibilities came up such as the railroad.
Down
  1. 1. To prevent slaves from escaping, people made it _____ for slaves to learn to read and write.
  2. 3. Most workers in factories in the North were Irish were __________.
  3. 4. Steam and clipper _____ were one of the main sources of transportation until railroads.
  4. 6. ____ Deere invented the lightweight steel plow, which could be used by horses.
  5. 7. The few people that struck it rich being slaveholders were called the ________.
  6. 8. With the massive amount of cotton demanded and the cotton gin, many got __ from farming cotton.
  7. 9. With the cotton gin being able to do the work of 50 people, slaveholders would be able to buy _____ times more slaves.
  8. 10. _____ McCormick invented mechanical reapers, which sped up the process of farmig.
  9. 12. Because of the rich slaveholders having power, many became leaders in _________.
  10. 14. Even with the amount of slaves, over 200,000 blacks in the South were _____.
  11. 15. Eli _______ invented a machine called the cotton gin, which could do the work of 50 men.
  12. 17. When you are a slave, you have to hope that the master would treat you _______ instead of valuable property.
  13. 18. With the South, ______ owned at least 15 slaves.