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date telegraph invented

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1844

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date steam-powered locomotive invented

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1829

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Harriet Tubman

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escaped from slavery; returned to South many times to help others escape to freedom

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how industrialization changed work

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workers’ tasks changed b/c of specialization

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plantation owners

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own lots of land & many enslaved workers = wealthy

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immigrants & culture

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brought language, customs, traditions, foods, religions to U.S.

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literacy

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ability to read & write

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trade union

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group of workers w/same skill

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capital

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money to invest

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credit

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purchase goods with loaned money

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discrimination

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unfair treatment of a specific group

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12
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average work day

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11.4 hours/day

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13
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spirituals

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African Americans expressed beliefs in religious folk songs

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Great Train Wreck of 1856

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head-on collision in Pennsylvania

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nativists

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people opposed to immigration

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cotton gin led to…

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more cotton grown; need more enslaved workers; domestic slave trade increases

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literacy in South

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fewer people per square mile; people couldn’t send kids long distances to school; thought education was a private matter; reserved for wealthy in many cases

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working conditions in factories

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long hours + dangerous moving parts + no protective shields = on-the-job accidents/injuries

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ESSAY: In the South, what was the relationship between increased cotton production and the increased number of enslaved African Americans?

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  • Southern economy depends on slave labor
  • invention of cotton gin in 1793 (could harvest 50x faster)
  • increased demand for cotton in Britain
  • planters want to grow more cotton
  • need more enslaved workers to plant/harvest
  • domestic slave trade increases b/c no more importation of slaves after 1808

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