Topic 7- Social Studies Flashcards
telegraph
a communications device that sends electrical signals along a wire
who were some members of the underground railroad
levi coffin and harriet tubman
who was dorthea dix
a school teacher who worked to improve the prison system
who invented the cotton gin
eli whitney
slave codes
laws that controlled the lives of african americans and denied them basic rights
what was the south known as
cotton kingdom
locomotive
an engine that pulls a railroad train
when was the cotton gin invented
1793
interchangeable parts
identical, machine made parts for a tool or instrument
what happened to the cotton kingdom
it was dominated by slaveholding owners of large plantations
music, dance, the bible and spirituals are all ________
african american traditions kept by slaves
why was the industrial revolution beneficial
it changed the way people lived and worked
what does a cotton gin do
removes seeds from cotton
where did the industrial revolution begin
in britain in the textile industry
who was fredrick douglass
a former slave
nativist
a person imposed to immigration
abolitionist
a person who wanted to end slavery
how did art and literature develop
new forms of it developed
who was horace mann
the leader of education reform
what did fredrick douglass do
he published an antislavery newspaper called the north star
cottonocracy
a name for wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid 1800s
who were some women that demanded equal rights
elizabeth cady stanton and susan b anthony
social reform
an organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society
what was the underground railroad
a system of secret escape routes for slaves to reach freedom
what did art focus on
beauty and the power of nature
