causes of civil war Flashcards
who worked in mills and factories
northerners
many immigrants went to the north from Ireland and Germany because of what
the potato famine and failed revolution
adults and _______ worked in _________ conditions because there were no what to protect them
children
dangerous
laws
northerners began using machines in the cloth making industries and built textile mills along rivers for what
waterpower to run their machines
what came around the year 1800 and began in the region of New England
the industrial revolution
who invented the cotton gin in 1793 which removed seeds from cotton very quickly. and Alison invented interchangeable parts which made it easier to produce goods
Eli Whitney
an economic system that allows competition with little government interference another name for this is free enterprise
capitalism
who invented the telegraph
Samuel morse
what was an issue that also divided the country? roads and what
canals
who supported tariffs
northerners
he was from the southern region, believed states have the right to govern themselves, and opposed tariffs
John c Calhoun
he was from the northern region, favored tariffs because they protected American industries from foreign competition
Daniel Webster
he was from the western region and proposed the American system with tariffs, internal improvements, and a national bank
Henry clay
who ruled that the national governments interests come first if there is a conflict between a state government and the national government
Supreme Court
trains and what were pulled by steam locomotives connected the Midwest to the east
railroads
what used electric signals to transmit messages
telegraph
what was the southern law known as that controlled enslaved people
slave codes
who were two former slaves who escaped and helped other slaves escape also
Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas
what was a network of “safe houses” that helped slaves escape slavery
the Underground Railroad
name some things about slave life
they got whipped and beaten
children got two shirts per year
who was the slave who escaped and became an abolitionist, wrote a book about his life as a slave and thanks to him many northerners learned the truth about slavery
Fredrick douglas