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22 Cards in this Set
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True/False After industrialization,did workers tasks change? |
True |
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What did Harriet Tubman do after her own escape from slavery? |
She went back to the south to free her family and slaves |
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What were plantation owners with many enslaved workers called? |
Very wealthy |
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What did immigrants bring w/ them after they came to the u.s? |
Languages and customs (Religions&traditions) |
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What came first: locomotive or telegraph? |
Locomotive |
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Capital |
Money to invest |
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Credit |
To purchase goods with loaned money |
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Literacy |
Able to read and write |
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Discrimination |
Unfair treatment to a specific group |
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Trade union |
Group of workers with the same skill |
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Where did the train wreck of 1856 occur? |
Pennsylvania |
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Nativist |
Person who opposed immigration |
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Spirituals |
African American religious folk songs |
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1 of the consequences of the cotton gin |
Slave labor increased |
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Average workday for factory workers by 1840 |
11.4 hours |
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What did long workdays &dangerous conditions w/ factories lead to? |
Injury death and strikes |
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What were some reasons for the low literacy rate in the south? |
Slaves couldn't go to school Thinly populated Most families were unwilling to send their children to school |
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What were some reasons for the low literacy rate in the south? |
Slaves couldn't go to school Thinly populated Most families were unwilling to send their children to school |
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Where did immigrants live because of industrialization? |
Urban cities |
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What were some reasons for the low literacy rate in the south? |
Slaves couldn't go to school Thinly populated Most families were unwilling to send their children to school |
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Where did immigrants live because of industrialization? |
Urban cities |
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Nat turner |
Religious leader who led a religious revolt in 1831 |
