ch 13 march 16 Flashcards
what made it a crime to teach enslaved people how to read and write
because of slave code.
first telegraph
sent from Washington DC to Baltimore
what is the largest group of whites in the south
yeamon
Who constructed the first mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
what were trade unions
organizations of workers with the same skill
famine cause people to immigrate to the US from which country
people from Ireland
The second largest group of immigrants between 1820 and 1860 came from where
Germany
Yeomen
farmers who did not have enslaved workers
what did the south economy rely on
tobacco rice railroads and slavery
many immigrants from which country became servants and factory workers
Ireland
what was a strike
a stopping of work by workers to force one employee to meet a demand
Who was Nat Turner
popular religious leader among enslaved people who rebelled against their owner
Telegraph
an apparatus that used electric signals to transmit messages
morse code
A series of dots and dashes representing the letters of the alphabet
innovation
New ideas or methods
transform
changed
discrimination
unfair treatment of a group
famine
Extreme shortage of food
prejudice
an unfair opinion not based on facts
Capital
money to invest in businesses
tenant farmer
Farmer who works land owned by another and pay his rent either in cash or crops
slave code
The laws in the southern states that controlled enslaved people
underground railroad
A system that helped enslaved African-Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north
Robert Fulton
inventor that demonstrated A religious steamboat
