inventions test

What was the purpose of each invention?

To solve a problem

What was the main economy of the south during the 1800s?

Cash crops in King cotton

What was the main economy of the north during the 1800s?

Shipping, trade, factories, and producing cloth and other goods

What does rural mean?

Mostly farmland and few people in large areas

What does urban mean?

Big city full of people that are crowded together

What invention changed to the south?

The cotton gin

What did enslaved people do to change their situation?

They would potentially buy their own freedom, run away, or rebel

What did factory workers do to change their situation?

They had strikes, made unions, voted for “working men“ supporters didn’t vote for upper class men

What was not a common form of rebellion for enslaved people?

Violent uprisings

What happens to Nat Turner after the rebellion?

He was caught and executed

What were the ways abolition spread?

Speeches, lectures, newspaper, articles, poetry, and books

What was the Underground Railroad?

A network of people who would help thousands of slaves escape

Who was Harriet Tubman?

An escape slave, who led others to free freedom

How many trips did Harriet Tubman make?

19

Which abolitionist escape, slavery, wrote an autobiography, and gave speeches about ending slavery

Frederick Douglas

What was the controversial reform Elizabeth Cady Stanton proposed at the Seneca Falls convention?

Women’s suffrage and the declaration of sentiments

What was a nativist?

Someone who didn’t like immigrants coming into the country

What did Americans believe was their Manifest Destiny?

The belief the US should spread from sea to sea or cover the entire continent

What was the Oregon Trail?

A trail for Pioneers to take from Missouri to Oregon

Who brought the first 300 families from the US to Texas?

Stephen F Austin

What was the battle cry for the battle of San Jacinto River?

Remember the Alamo

Who was not killed at the battle of the Alamo?

One enslaved man, three women, and 10 children

How did the war with Mexico start?

When the US annex Texas and stole land from Mexico

Where was the war with Mexico mostly fought?

Mexico

Which American general started the war with Mexico?

Zachary Taylor

Why did the US want the Gadsden purchase area?

To build transcontinental railroad

Why did most people travel to California after the Mexican-American war?

Because of the gold rush

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