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26 Cards in this Set
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francis cabot lowell
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skilled craftsman
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factory system
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machines did everything
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lowell girls
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lived in company buildings, worked for the company
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john deere
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blacksmith from illinois
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cyrus mccormick
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made a machine that harvested six acres of grain a day
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elias howe
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patented a sewing machine...
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sarah g bagley
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organized lowell female labor reform
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strike
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refusal to work until employers met untion standerds
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navitism
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favoring native american born here
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eli whitney
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develooped a cottin gin
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cotton gin
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made it easier to separate the seeds from cotton bolls
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tredegar iron works
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best ironworks
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yeoman farmers
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made up the farmers south population
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william ellison
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a slave that was rewarded with freedom
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overseers
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small farmers, skilled workers or planters young sons
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drivers
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assistents picked among the slaves
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gang labor
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assign groups of slaves to do specialized labor
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gabrial prosser
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led a rebellion involving a lot of slaves
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denmark vesey
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free american carpenter and preacher. called for major slave uprising
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nat turner
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led the slave uprising
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underground railroad
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a network of white and african american abolitionists. hid slaves from being caught by their owner
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harriet tubman
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most famous conductor of the underground railroad, led slaves to safety
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middle class
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artiseans, farmers, lawyers, ministers shop keepers and their families
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know nothings
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say i know nothing
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