Across
- 1. Used a spiked cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers
- 8. Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers
- 9. A channel that is dug across land and filled with water
- 11. A device that used electrical signals to send messages
- 12. Roads made of sawed-off logs, laid side by side
- 14. Religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the realities of slavery
- 17. Inventor of the telegraph. Devised a code known as the “Morse code”
- 18. Denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people
- 20. People who invest capital, or money in a business to earn a profit
- 21. Built and improved version of the English machines
Down
- 2. Led the most famous slave revolt in 1831
- 3. Gradually, machines took the place of many hand tools
- 4. In 1755, Boone and a party of 30 men cleared a new route to the West
- 5. Laws that controlled every aspect of their lives
- 6. Toll roads
- 7. The rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects
- 10. People who wanted to preserve the country for white American-born protestants
- 13. Clay A channel that is dug across land and filled with water
- 15. The growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities
- 16. Brings workers and machinery together in one place
- 19. Widespread starvation