| A | B |
|---|
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin |
| trade unions | organizations created by workers to improve working conditions |
| clipper ship | sailing ships that were very fast |
| telegraph | invented by Samuel Morse and made it easier for people to find out about the price of goods |
| skilled workers | knew a trade such as carpentry or shoemaking |
| John Deere | invented the plow |
| Cyrus McCormick | invented the mechanical reaper |
| Elias Howe | invented the sewing machine |
| Samuel Morse | invented the telegraph |
| immigrants | people that came into the United States from foreign countries in the 1840's and 1850's |
| nativists | group of people that organized the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850's |
| Potato Famine | caused people to leave Ireland |
| shorter hours, better working conditions, better wages | 3 things trade unions asked for |
| extended family | term used to describe the type of family living of the slaves |
| Nat Turner | led a slave revolt in 1831 |
| immigrant | a person who leaves his or her homeland and settles in another country |
| soil wore out | reason cotton planters needed new land |
| politcal repression in Germany | reason Germans immigrated to America between 1850 and 1860 |
| tobacco, rice, sugar cane | products other than cotton that were grown in the South |
| could clean cotton more quickly | reason the cotton gin made growing cotton more profitable |
| skilled workers | group of people that first organized trade unions |
| abolitionists | people who opposed slavery |
| Know Nothing | political party opposed to slavery |
| prejudice | unfavorable opinion about people of a different religion, race, or nationality |
| small farmers | the majority of southerners were ______ |
| cotton | most important crop before 1860 |
| strike | work stoppage by workers to win better pay or working conditions |
| North | section of the United States that had the most industries during the 1800s |
| planters | small group of people that dominated southern life and politics in the South |
| people left farms to work in cities | result of improved farm equipment in the 1840s |
| free blacks | group of people in South who were denied suffrage and other basic rights |
| immigrants worked for low pay | reason that nativists disliked immigrants |
| keep slaves from revolting | prupose of slave codes |
| goods were produced more easily and quickly | benefit of new stream driven machines |
| manufacturers could build factories closer to cities | benefit of steam power to manufaturers |
