Across
- 4. the first African American newspaper
- 5. laws passed by Southern states to prevent African American slaves from running away or rebelling
- 7. the nation where the Industrial Revolution began
- 9. a political party formed by nativists in the 1850s that was extremely hostile to immigrants coming to the United States
- 12. the American woman who formed the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association in the 1840s
- 15. a skilled British mechanic who had worked in a textile mill before coming to the United States to share his knowledge and skills in running textile mills
- 17. the region of the United States in which the first American factories were built
- 19. a mechanical power which revolutionized transportation during the Industrial Revolution
- 22. a skilled, specialized worker
- 23. a type of fast ship launched in 1845 by John Griffiths that was very useful for quick transportation of goods between the United States and other parts of the world
- 24. an attitude which denies equal rights to certain peoples
- 25. a machine that efficiently separated the seeds of a cotton plant from its fibers
- 27. an occurrence in which union workers stop working until their managers agree to resolve their concerns
- 28. the nation which lost many of its potato crops to disease and suffered a severe famine in the 1840s, causing many of its people to immigrate to the United States
- 29. a person who starts a business to make a profit
- 30. the group of wealthy Southern families who owned 50 or more slaves
Down
- 1. the first African American allowed to practice law in the United States
- 2. one aspect of enslaved African American lives which gave them hope and which led to the creation of spirituals
- 3. the nation which experienced extreme food shortages between 1829 and 1830 and also rebels in 1848 who revolted for more democratic policies in this nation
- 6. an American inventor who came up with the idea of interchangeable parts and also invented the cotton gin
- 8. a Boston merchant who improved on British textile mills by building a factory that had everything needed to turn cotton into finished cloth
- 10. many Americans encouraged this concept as it supported new inventions
- 11. an American inventor who invented the "talking wire", or the telegraph
- 13. the first private university run and owned by African Americans
- 14. the state whose court stated, in 1842, that workers had the right to strike
- 16. an African American slave who led a major revolt in 1831 in Virginia, killing more than 57 whites in the process before being captured and hung
- 18. a group formed by artisans specialized in the same trade and which aimed to gain higher pay and better working conditions
- 20. the state which sincerely thought about ending slavery in 1831, but instead decided to increase restrictions against African Americans
- 21. a type of "close" family consisting of grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, children, and other relatives which has its orgins in Africa
- 26. the gradual movement of people from rural areas to cities