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U.S. HistoryChapter 13 and 14 ExamMr. BazailBefore the American Revolution, three crops dominated southern agriculture, they wereThese crops were produced mainly by enslaved?Before cotton could be spun into thread for waving cloth, the had to be removed from the cotton fiberWith the increasing need for cloth and growth of textile factories, American cotton was in demandWho invented the Cotton Gin, a machine that removes seeds from short-staple cottonWhat did they call large scale farmers who held more than 20 slavesFrom the South of the United States as far west as was considered the Cotton Belt, where Cotton was grownWhat other products did the south growWhich Textile Mills were the largest foreign buyers of southern cottonDuring the first half of the 1800’s, only about of white southern families had slavesMost white southerners were known as , owners of small farmsOn large plantations most slaves were given jobs and most worked in the .Yeoman owned slaves if any at allSlaves who lived on small farms did a of jobs.Supervisors known as , who were sometimes slaves themselves made sure that slaves followed orders and punishmentsThe , all field hands worked on the same task at the same time.Field hands worked from Field hands started working around the age ofWorking inside the Planters house. These slaves worked as Workers that worked in the Planters house had better Workers that worked in the Planters house often worked On larger plantations, some slaves worked at skilled jobs such as Sometimes planters let these skilled slaves sell their services to others. The planter would keep some of the profits and the slaves would keep the rest. This system let slaves buy themselves to by working hard and saving moneyShareholders viewed slaves as not as people.Slaves were bought and sold at. Sometimes families would be separated.Sometimes, free slaves were and sold back into slaverySome Planters offered for better effortHowever, most planters used. Some would make the other slaves watch to serve as a reminder.To further control the slaves actions, many states passed strict laws called Slave CodesWhat laws prohibited slaves from traveling too far from homeMost immigrants from the British Isles during that period were Irish. Why?In the mid-1840’s, a disease that causes rot in potatoes.Most Irish immigrants settled in big cities such as?They worked unskilled jobs in the cities or on building canals and railroads. Irish women worked as for wealthy families.In 1848, some German had staged a revolution against harsh rule.Some educated Germans fled to the U.S. to escape persecution caused by their.However, most Germans came for reasonsThe U.S. seemed to offer both greater from government control.Most Irish immigrants were catholic, German immigrant groups included .Those Americans and others whom opposed immigration.In 1849, this group that opposed immigration founded a political organization, the, that supported measures making it difficult for foreigners to become citizens to hold officeA social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor are calledPoorly designed apartments buildings that housed large numbers of people are calledThe belief that people could transcend, or rise above, material things in life.Groups of people who tried to form a perfect societyDuring the 1790s and early 1800s, some Americans took part in a Christian renewal movement. This new interest in religion had spread to New England and the South. This was calledHe was one of the most important leaders. A lawyer who became a preacher after a religious conversion in 1821This reform effort urged people to use self-discipline to stop drinking hard liquorShe helped Prison reform. Was able to get mentally ill patients out of prisons and help create facilities to help the mentally ill.Which area in the United States had the most schoolsWhich area in the United States had had the fewest?Teachers of that era?Schoolhouses were generallyWhat factors affected the quality of educationThese individuals wanted all children taught in a common place, regardless of background. They believed inThis Common-School Movement was led by How was Horace Mann successfulCatherine Beecher started an all-female academy in?The first college level-educational institution available to women wasThe first medical college for women was Holyoke CollegeIn 1831, Samuel Gridley Howe opened the Who improved the education and lives of people with hearing impairments? He founded the first free American school for hearing impaired people in 1817Which of the following authors wrote about Puritan life in The Scarlet LetterWhich document expressed the complaints of supporters of women’s rights?Which of the following helped enslaved African Americans to endure and survive slavery?Because some southerners feared farmers had become too reliant on cotton, they encouraged farmers to ................
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