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| Megan Prado | 3/7/07 |
|---|---|
| organization of workers | Trade Union |
| group that wanted laws to limit immigration | nativits |
| skilled worker | artisan |
| severe shortage of food | famine |
| refusal to work as a protest | strike |
| policy or attitude that denies rights to a group of people? | discrimination |
| Did the planting of cotton become less profitable after 1793? | No |
| Were the slave codes enacted Primarily to guarantee humane treatment for slaves? | No |
| Did southerners rely on the North And England for manufacturing products? | Yes |
| Did most southern farmers make it a practice to borrow money from Northern banks to purchase supplies? | Yes |
| 11. Were most southern farmers in The 1800s tenate farmers? | No |
| 12. Did factory workers during the 19th century suffer from poor working Conditions and extreme temperatures? | Yes |
| 13. Were African Americans permitted to attend school? | No |
| 14. Factory workers formed _____ to attempt to gain improvements in conditions. | Trade Unions |
| An ____ economy grew in the South because of the ideal climate and rich soil. | agricultural |
| Place the following in order according to their weath begining with the weathiestas # 1. | 1. Cottonocracy 2. small farmers 3. poor whites |
| Which of the following was NOT a result of the invention of the cotton gin? | Cotton growers used profits to build more textile mills |
| Which of the following is TRUE about the changes in farming caused by new inventions in the 1800s? | McCormick's reaper did the work of 5 people useing hand tools. |
| What is one way that steam powered machinery changed manufacturing? | Factories could be built anywhere |
| Which of the following statments is TRUE about the earliest railroads? | They threw off sparks that sometimes cause buildings on fire. |
| Which of the following workers would have been MOST likely to object to the new railroads? | wagon drivers |
| By the 1850s which of the following liked many towns with cities and factories and opened new markets for the northern economy? | new railroads |
| Which statment describes the experiences of free African Americans in the South? | States limited their rights |
| What victory did organized factory workers gain in 1842? | the right to strike |
| Which group made up about 75% of the white population in the South? | small farmers |
| Clipper ships helped the US... | gain a large share of the world's sea trade |
| All of the following are methods that African Americans used to resist slavery EXCEPT... | becoming skilled artisans |
| Which of the following statments DOES NOT describe factory conditions in the 1840s? | Workers lives in well-built factory housing |
| The immigrants shown in the graph came from... | Ireland and Germany |
| What length of time is shown on the graph? | 40 years |
| Which statment is supported by the information in the graph? | The number of Irish immigrants in1850 was more than twice that of the German immigrants |
| Which of the following statments is supported by the information on the graph? | Irish and German immigrants first increased and then fell between 1840 and 1860 |
| By the latter half of the 1800s, _____ made up one third of the South population. | slaves |
| ________ helped canal investors earn large profits. | Clipper Ships |
| The best protection slaves had against mistreatment by their owners was _______. | religeon |
| Free African Americans had the same legal rights in the _____ as whites. | North |
| By the 1840s there were ____ workers for the nations factories | many |
| The development of _______ industry was hindered by the existance of so many slaves | Southern |
| In the first half of the 1800s mass production in the nations factories resulted in workers ____ benifits and having ____ working conditions | losing;bad |
| After leading a massive stave revolt in the South, Nat Turner was ______. | executed |