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24 Cards in this Set
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Elias Howe
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invented the sewing machine
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Robert Fulton
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invented the steamboat
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Peter Cooper
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American Steam locomotive
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Samuel Morse
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the telegraph
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John Deere
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the steel-tipped plow
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Cyrus McCormick
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mechanical reaper
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Sarah G. Bagley
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petitioned fom a 10 hour work day in 1845
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trade union
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organization of workers
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strike
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refusing to work
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prejudice
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unfair opinion not based on facts
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discrimination
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unfair treatment
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famine
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extreme shortage of food
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Nativist
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people opposed to immigration
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know-nothing party
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political party of the nativists
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Sickles
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what farmers used for hundreds of years to cut grain
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Great Plains
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treeless area west of Missouri and Iowa
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North and Midwest
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where most of the railroads were located
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Lowell, Massachusetts
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early mills were established
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African Americans
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Couldn't Vote
Segregated hospitals and schools Could only afford low-paying jobs |
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What years did immigration increase dramatically?
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1840-1860
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What was the largest group of immigrants and why did they come?
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Irish, potato famine
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What was the second largest group of immigrants?
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Germans
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Where did Germans move to?
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Midwest and western territories
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What became the largest city?
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New York
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