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