Across
- 6. The growth of cities is called this
- 7. Most slaves worked on a huge cash crop farm called a ______
- 8. This invention allowed factories to not only produce fabric, but also made finished products with that fabric (2)
- 12. The big change in America starting around the year 1800 where products were being made with the help of machine rather than by hand (2)
- 14. One of the 4 major problems with the rapidly growing cities - starts with an “S”
- 16. The ____ Era refers to the decades right before the start of the Civil War
- 18. The era when workers began to organize to fight for safer working conditions, fair wages, and more(2)
- 19. Immigrants from all over the world came to the United States, but especially Germany and this country - due to the terrible potato famine
- 20. The people were 3rd on the South’s social ladder, and struggled to get by financially (2)
- 24. A crop grown solely to be sold for profit (2)
- 25. One of the 4 major problems with the rapidly growing cities - starts with an “O”
- 28. Southerners passed laws called the _____ to prevent slaves from being able to organize a rebellion (2)
- 29. These modest farmers were 2nd from the top of the social ladder in the South
- 30. Some slaves worked in the ___ system, where they’d get a daily list of jobs. Their work would likely be over for the day when those jobs were finished.
- 31. Eli Whitney’s invention - the _____ - was the biggest influence in cotton becoming the main cash crop in the South (2)
- 33. Most plantation field slaves in the ____ system worked continuously all day
- 34. One of the 4 major problems with the rapidly growing cities - starts with a “D”
- 36. Laborers started to organize into _____ to fight for fair pay and better working conditions
- 39. In the 1800s, the economy of the _____ was based on industry.
- 40. Union workers would sometimes “turn out” - or “go on ____” - to pressure their employers for fair wages, safer working conditions, etc.
- 41. These people, through no fault of their own, were at the bottom of the Southern social ladder and had no way to improve their lives
Down
- 1. Improvements in _____, including canals and railroads, connected the Northeast to the West, but left the South relatively isolated
- 2. These people controlled the political and social norms in the South (2)
- 3. Southerners made great profits on cotton because of the high ______ for cotton in the North and in Europe.
- 4. This was the network of safe houses that some runaway slaves used to help them find freedom in the North (2)
- 5. Southerners used the idea of ____, saying that it was actually better to be a slave than a factory worker in the North (2)
- 9. Industrialization forever changed the opportunities for ____ in the workforce - at Lowell Mill, for example
- 10. Plantation owners hired an _____ to manage the day-to-day work of the slaves
- 11. The Antebellum Era was basically between the end of the War of 1812 and the start of the ___ War
- 13. This invention by Samuel Morse revolutionized the speed of long distance communication in the nation
- 15. A tariff is a ____ on goods imported into the country
- 17. Cotton quickly replaced _______ as the main cash crop of the South
- 21. This was the nickname given to those people who helped runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad
- 22. This is the language used to send messages using the electric telegraph (2)
- 23. One of the 4 major problems with the rapidly growing cities - starts with an “P”
- 24. This South Carolina politician who spoke out loudly to protect the institution of slavery in the South (last name only)
- 26. The textile industries of the North and Europe relied on this Southern product for survival
- 27. The idea of protecting the interests of natural-born or established inhabitants against the interests of immigrants
- 32. Northerners liked these because they helped to protect Northern industries, but for Southerners they just meant higher prices for products
- 35. Cold climate, the Industrial Revolution, religion, and the influence of newspapers were all reasons why ____ never caught on in the North
- 37. The wealthy plantation ____ were at the top of the social ladder in the South
- 38. In the 1800s, the economy of the _____ was based on agriculture.