America The Story of Us Ep 4 Division

Answer Key 1. What was the goal of the Erie Canal? · connect Lake Erie with the ocean/make NY rich 2. Describe DeWitt Clinton, the man who dreamed up the Erie Canal. · wanted to be President/rich/dreamer/wouldn’t accept no 3. How did the Irish laborers deal with the danger? · drinking 4. What city was most changed by the Erie Canal? · New York City 5. How long did it take to process one pound of cotton? · an entire day 6. How did slavery benefit the North? · cotton industry goods were manufactured in the North 7. Cotton was adversely affecting the fertility of the land. What did the cotton growers do? · moved west/went towards the frontier 8. On what kinds of things did mill girls spend their money? · mortgage/paint for house/medicine 9. To what modern technology does the textile industry eventually lead? · computers 10. What movement began with the meetings of the Lowell textile workers? · suffragette movement/unions 11. With what kind of oil do most American light their lamps? · whale oil 12. What was socially progressive about the whaling industry? · black men treated the same as white 13. What would a potential slave buyer look for? · health/teeth/whip marks 14. Why did they prefer light-skinned female slaves? · rape 15. Why was Frederick Douglas likely to escape? · he can read/write 16. How did Harriett Tubman keep babies quiet? · drugged with opium 17. Under the Fugitive Slave Act, what evidence was required to take a Black person south? · none – just an accusation 18. The North thought John Brown was a _______________; the South thought he was a _________________. · folk hero; terrorist 19. What was John Brown’s plan at Harper’s Ferry? · provide weapons to slaves 20. Why did Brown fail? · no slaves came 21. For what crime was Brown tried? · treason 22. What event triggered anger and succession in the South? · Lincoln’s election 23. By the time Lincoln took office, what was the status of the Southern rebellion? · already mostly underway America: The Story of Us Episode 4: Division 1. What was the goal of the Erie Canal? 2. Describe DeWitt Clinton, the man who dreamed up the Erie Canal. 3. How did the Irish laborers deal with the danger? 4. What city was most changed by the Erie Canal? 5. How long did it take to process one pound of cotton? 6. How did slavery benefit the North? 7. Cotton was adversely affecting the fertility of the land. What did the cotton growers do? 8. On what kinds of things did mill girls spend their money? 9. To what modern technology does the textile industry eventually lead? 10. What movement began with the meetings of the Lowell textile workers? 11. With what kind of oil do most American light their lamps? 12. What was socially progressive about the whaling industry? 13. For what attributes would a potential slave buyer look? 14. Why did they prefer light-skinned female slaves? 15. Why was Frederick Douglas likely to escape? 16. How did Harriett Tubman keep babies quiet? 17. Under the Fugitive Slave Act, what evidence was required to take a Black person south? 18. The North thought John Brown was a _______________; the South thought he was a _________________. 19. What was John Brown’s plan at Harper’s Ferry? 20. Why did Brown fail? 21. For what crime was Brown tried? 22. What event triggered anger and succession in the South? 23. By the time Lincoln took office, what was the status of the Southern rebellion?