The Worlds of North and South

Unskilled workers had difficulty improving their working conditions because

Trade unions called for

Invented the mechanical reaper

Invented the telegraph

In the South, free blacks were

Invented cotton gin

Clipper ships helped to boost the American economy because they

A severe _____ caused more than 1 million people to leave Ireland in the mid-1800s.

Some nativists disliked immigrants because immigrants

Steam power was important because it

About 4 million ______ arrived in the United States in the 1840s and 1850s.

Invented the sewing machine

The small group that dominated southern life and politics was the

______ formed the Know-Nothing party in the 1850s.

In the 1840s and 1850s, many people began to come to the U.S. from

With the ____, merchants could find out instantly about supply & demand of goods in other areas

Which section of the U.S. was most industrialized in the mid-1880s?

Besides cotton, the South produced

Slave codes prevented slaves from doing all of the following EXCEPT

With new steam-driven machines, northern factory owners could

Led a slave revolt

The majority of southern whites were

Although they were free, African Americans in the North still faced ________.

One result of improved farm equipment in the 1840s was that

Cotton planters needed new land to cultivate because