A | B |
Slaves | Southern Plantation owners bought them to do work |
Nativeism | Favoring native born americans over foreign born Hiring americans over foreign born workers |
Cotton | Created clothing cotton gin was invented |
Strike | Refusing to do your job becasue of poor conditions or pay |
Immigrants | People from another country |
Yeoman Farmers | Middle class worker |
Coastal cities | Exporting and Importing place ships dropped and picked up goods. More business using exports and imports |
Upper south | Industry and crops but not as much as the lower south because of the weather. |
Lower south | Needed more slaves because of more farm work |
Agriculture | South had the most |
Define Trade unions | Unions that were job related |
Define Trade | Your job what you do for aliving |
Who was working in the factories that should not have been | Children |
Why were trade unions needed | Because of the increase in factory work |
What are unions | Organized workers to protect their rights. |
What do unions do? | They ensure protection in the workplace. Working conditions etc |
What is the goal of a strike | To get what you want |
What happens during a strike | Working stop working they do not make money. Factory owners also do not make any money. |
When people on strike were arrested what ammendment was violated | 1st the right to assemble |
WHo gets paid when workers strike | nobody |
How did we get unions? | People stood up for what they thought was right. By signing petitions or striking. |
What are the three social classes | Rich, Middle class and poor. |
What class? Owned factories mills, and shops | Rich North |
What class..... Had middle size houses keds went to school did not own any slaves | Middle class north |
Which class. Had a couple of slaves lived on good soil middle sized house | Middle class south |
Which Class? Lived on plantations owned slaves to work the land | Southern Rich |
Which class? Had no sewers lived in apartments disease ridden High crime neighborhoods | Poor North |
Which class? Were disease ridden lived in cabins ate poorly farmed the lest productive soil | Poor South |
What is technology? | Anything that makes life easier |
Mechanical Reaper | Able to harvest six acres of grain per day. |
Lowell Girls | Single women that lived in company owned boarding houses Cheaper to hire than male workers paid less |
Plow | John Deere light strong steel, Required less physical strength to keep in the ground |
Sewing machine | Performed in an hour what it would take someone with a needle all day. |
Cotton Gin | Used to remove seeds from cotten NO longer had to remove seeds by hand |