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America:TheStoryofUs– Division
Northvs.South
WhatimportantprojectwascompletedinupstateNewYork?
ErieCanal
Howlongwasit?
Over300mileslong
Whatgroupofimmigrantsmadeupthemajorityofthelaborers?
MostlyIrishimmigrants
Whatmadethejobsodangerous?
Workingwithgunpowdertogetthroughtherocks.
Whatcityrapidlyexpandsandbecomesthenation’slargestport?
NewYorkCity
WhatplantbecametheprimarysourceoftheeconomyintheSouth?
Cotton
Whatinventionallowedthemassproductionofcotton?
Thecottongin
By1850,howmuchoftheworld’scottonwasproducedintheSouth?
Threequartersor3/4
WhatmachinewasusedintheindustrialNorthtoturnrawcottoninto
cloth?
Thepowerloom
Whatgroupmadeupthemajorityofworkersinthetextilemills?
Females
Whatwasusedtolightthelampsinthetextilemills?
Whaleoil
Howmuchoilcouldbeproducedfromasinglewhale?
3000gallons
Whatgroupofmanmadeupalargenumberofwhalehunters?
Blackmen– ex-slavesandfreeblacks
America:TheStoryofUs– Division
Slavery
HowmuchwastheslavetradeworthtotheSoutherneconomy?
2billiondollars
Whydidscarsonaslave’sbackhurttheirchancesofbeingsoldatauction?
Itshouldtheslavewasrebelliousandtroublesometohis/hermaster.
WhatpercentageofAfrican-Americanswereslavesduringthistimeperiod?
90%
WhatyoungslaveescapedtheSouthonatraintotheNorthand
eventuallybecamethemostfamousAfrican-Americaninthecountry?
FrederickDouglass
Whatgavehimabetterchancethanmostslavesofescaping?
(Hint:80%oftheslavescouldnotdothis)
Hecouldreadandwrite.
WhatwasthebestchancefortherunawayslavestoescapetheSouth?
TheUndergroundRailroad
Whatfamousex-slavecontinuallywantbacktotheSouthtohelprunaway
slavesescapetotheNorth?
HarrietTubman
HowmanyslavesescapedfromtheSouth?
60,000
Whatlawpassedin1850allowedSouthernplantationownerstogointothe
NorthtobringtheirrunawayslavesbacktotheSouth?
TheFugitiveSlaveAct
Whatanti-slaverynovelbecameoneoftheabestsellingbooksofthe19th
century?
UncleTom’sCabin
Whowrotethenovel?
HarrietBeecherStowe
America:TheStoryofUs– Division
AFightApproaches
Pro-slavery&anti-slaverysettlersmovedintotheKansasTerritory– bothgroupstrytoinfluenceiftheterritorywould
becomeafreeorslavestate.
WhenviolenceeruptsinKansas– whatradicalabolitionistfeltthathewaschosen
byGodtoendslavery?
JohnBrown
Howmanypeopledieoverthecourseof2yearsinKansasduetotheviolence?
200
WhydidJohnBrownraidthearsenalinHarper’sFerry,Virginia?
Hewantedtotaketheweaponsandgivethemtoslaves,sohecouldleada
slaveuprising.
WhowentwithJohnBrowntocapturetheHarper’sFerryarsenal?
His5sons
HowmanyslavesjoinedBrownatHarper’sFerry?
None– theyweretoofrightenedtorebel.
WhatmanledthegroupofU.S.MarinestotakebackHarper’sFerryfromJohn
Brown?
RobertE.Lee
WhathappenstoJohnBrownafterheisfoundguiltyoftreasonandmurder?
Hewasexecuted- hung
PriortorunningforpresidentwhatwasAbrahamLincoln’sbiggest”claimtofame?”
Lost2timesrunningfortheU.S.Senate
WhydoestheSouthrebelandthreatentoleavetheUnitedStates?
TheybelievedLincolnwantedtoendslaveryintheSouth.
WhatwasLincoln’smainobjectiveafterhewaselectedpresident?
TosavetheunionoftheUnitedStates– keepittogether.