North and South and Reform

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Across
  1. 5. developed more slowly in the south than the north because the south was making profits on cotton they believed they didn't need it
  2. 9. groups of workers with the same skill/trade who organized to increase their rights
  3. 11. she escaped slavery and then returned to the south numerous times to help other enslaved people escape
  4. 12. tall sails and sleek hulls cut transatlantic travel time in half
  5. 13. invented by Cyrus McCormick this machine greatly increased the amount of crop a farmer could harvest
  6. 15. first tested in 1844 this device sent messages through electic signals
  7. 16. cotton increased the number of these people who were forced to work on plantations
  8. 17. communities based on a vision of a perfect society
  9. 18. a network of safe places enslaved people used to get from the south to the north
  10. 20. religious songs that allowed enslaved people to express their joy and sorrow
  11. 21. invented an alphabet with raised letters that a person with impaired vision could read
  12. 22. rented land from property owners but did not own their own land
  13. 24. John Deere solved the problem of farming on the prairie with this agricultural innovation
  14. 27. invented by Elias Howe in 1846; transformed the garment industry
  15. 29. he escaped slavery and became a leader of African Americans
  16. 30. preserved through African folk stories, music, and dance
Down
  1. 1. this shift from making items from start to finish to making them in factories changed the North's economy in the early 1800s
  2. 2. powered by steam these engines pulled trains connecting major US cities
  3. 3. drinking little or no alcohol
  4. 4. laws in the south that controlled enslaved people
  5. 6. a wave of religous interest the first of which had happened in the in the colonies in the mid-1700s
  6. 7. when workers refuse to work in order to put pressure on their employers to meet their demands
  7. 8. replace rice, indigo, and tobacco as the main crop of the south
  8. 10. he founded the first schools for teachers
  9. 14. early 19th century religious meetings
  10. 19. educated the public on the poor conditions of prisons especially for those suffering from mental illness
  11. 23. invented by Samuel Morse; this code was used to send messages through the telegraph system
  12. 25. opend the first schools for students with impaired hearing in Connecticut
  13. 26. Robert Fulton launched the first one, Clermont, in 1807 making upstream travel much faster
  14. 28. farmers who owned small southern farms