Road to the Civil War- VOCAB Flashcards
Who developed the Rhode Island System?
Samuel Slater
When was the Rhode Island system developed?
mid- 1800s
What did the Rhode Island system do?
Hired whole families as textile workers and factory work was divided into simple tasks.
What area did the Cotton Belt stretch?
The Cotton Belt stretched from S. Carolina to east Texas.
What was special about the Cotton Belt?
It was where most US cotton was produced during the mid-1800s.
Who proposed the Missouri compromise?
Henry Clay
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
Allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36 30 degrees latitude.
Was Missouri a slave state or a free state in the Missouri Compromise?
Slave state
Was Maine a slave state or a free state in the Missouri Compromise?
Free state
The Missouri Compromise outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of ________ latitude.
36 30
What is sectionalism?
A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole.
What did the Fugitive Slave Acts do? (there’s 3)
Made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal, and required their return to slaveholders.
Who developed Morse code?
Alfred Lewis Vall
What was Morse code?
A system for the telegraph that used a certain combination of dots and dashed to represent each letter of the alphabet.
In the Lincoln-Douglas debate, was Abraham Lincoln a republican or democrat?
Republican
In the Lincoln-Douglas debate, was Stephen Douglas a democrat or republican?
Democrat
When was the Lincoln-Doughlas debate?
1858
Where were the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
The US senate campaign in Illinois
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether or not to allow slavery.
When did the Industrial Revolution begin?
mid-1700s
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production
What type of people did the Lowell System employ?
Young, unmarried women
What was the Lowell System?
The use of water powered textile mills ran by certain employed ppl
What was the Underground Railroad?
A network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the north by providing transportation and hiding places.
