Pre-Civil War Society Unit Review

Where were most textile mills located in the U.S.?

Which political party was the nativist party?

Which author believed in Individualism?

A policy or practice that denies equal rights to certain groups of people.

Which group was at the top of the Southern social hierarchy?

The railroad system was larger in the South than in the North.

Which is NOT an example of a Southern cash crop?

Which TWO products were invented by Eli Whitney

What was the name of the convention held in order to discuss the advancement of women's rights?

A migrant is someone who travels to a new country.

A crop sold at market for money is know as a...

People who fought to end slavery were known as...

Population shift from rural to urban areas

A factor that attracts someone to a new country.

The path that runaway slaves took to escape the South was known as...

Protecting the interests of native-born citizens of the interests of immigrants.

Slaves made up how much of the Southern population?

Why was Henry David Thoreau arrested?

Which document was signed by attendees of the Seneca Falls Convention?

There were no factories in the South.

What was it called when workers joined together in order to improve their working conditions?

The process of moving to a new country with the intention of permanently living there.

Which TWO countries did the majority of immigrants come from in the mid 1800s?

Which women's rights leader was arrested in 1872 for trying to vote?

Which product was invented by John Deere?

How did the North and West indirectly support slavery in the South?

Which characteristic did the German and Irish immigrants share?

Which reform group sought to end the sale and consumption of alcohol?

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

Which one of these abolitionists was NOT a former slave?

Enslaved families would often be separated.

Slavery decreased following the invention of the Cotton Gin.

Period of social and economic change in which a society changes from agrarian to industrial.

Which factor does NOT describe factories in the mid 1800s?

Which text by Henry David Thoreau was about protesting against the government?

By 1850, planters were producing 2 million bales of cotton a year.

What was another named used to describe small farmers?

The textile industry was the first industry affected by the Industrial Revolution.

An organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society.

What two reasons were Northerners opposed to abolition?

Laws that were created in order to stop slaves from rebelling were known as...

Which group was opposed to Industrial innovation and advancement?