Joy Prescod Ch #14 Study Guide

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  1. 3. why did many Irish immigrants move from their home country to the U.S
  2. 4. what was the range of states that had the most cotton plantations called? (It spread through South Carolina, Alabama,and Mississippi to Texas.)
  3. 5. a city that became a major hub for the first railroads
  4. 7. the Industrial Revolution increased demand for Southern ______.
  5. 10. slaves were not allowed to ___________ so it would make it harder for them to escape
  6. 11. where could steam powered factories be built
  7. 13. the ______ engine could pull rail cars at 30 miles an hour
  8. 14. ________ of the population in the South were slaves
  9. 16. the South was _______ on the North because they purchased many of their farm tools, furniture, and machines from them.
  10. 17. what advancement made by Samuel Morse would allow people to communicate over long distances
  11. 20. many of the elite few that owned over 50 slaves became political _________ due to their wealth
  12. 22. some enslaved people were skilled workers like _________
  13. 26. about how many immigrants moved to the United States
  14. 27. _________ were created to discourage slaves from escaping from or rebelling to their owners
  15. 28. who planned a revolt in 1822 but wass betrayed before he could carry it out
  16. 30. the size of the industry in the south was ________.
  17. 32. about how many total immigrants came to US in 1850
  18. 33. the cotton gin could do the work of ______ people
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  1. 1. some slave owners treated their slaves humanely and viewed them as ____________
  2. 2. many workers in Northern factories were ____
  3. 6. a city that became a major hub for the first railroads
  4. 7. some enslaved people were skilled workers like _________
  5. 8. the slave codes did not allow slaves to gather in groups of more than ________
  6. 9. what mechanical machine could do the work of five people harvesting crops
  7. 12. the slave codes did not allow slaves to leave their owners land without a ________
  8. 15. a city that became a major hub for the first railroads
  9. 18. ______ ships made it possible to “win a large share of the world’s sea trade in 1840’s and 50s"
  10. 19. who wanted revenge on plantation owners and killed more than 57 before he was caught and hanged
  11. 21. what type of machine made by Elias Howe/Isaac Singer would allow workers to make dozens of shirts in the time it took a tailor to sew one by hand.
  12. 23. the 1% of people that owned at least 50 slaves in the Cotton Kingdom
  13. 24. the slave codes did not allow slaves to own ___________
  14. 25. from the 1800s to the 1860s, there was a dramatic increase in the amount of cotton production as well as _______
  15. 29. __________ invented the cotton gin
  16. 31. the cotton gin made a dramatic ________ in cotton production and allowed the farmers to sell it for a huge profit