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Jan 1, 1518
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was a stage of triaglular trade in which millions people people in Africa were shipped in the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade -
Spinning Jenny by: James Hargreaves
The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame.This machine the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work with 8 or more spools at once. -
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
This event took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th-19th centuries.Many enslaved people taken to the "New World" whether by the trianglar trade route or the Middle Passage.Sometimes these enslaved people were traded for food/supplies from other ships -
Cotton gin by: Eli Whitney
The cotton gin is a machine that quickly remove cotton fibers from their seeds allowing much more productivity than manual cotton separtating. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise is a federal law in the U.S. that allowed slavery in the western parts of the country.This compromise was devised by Henry Clay. -
Temperance Movement
The temperance Movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.This movement basically critizies excessive consumption of alcohol. -
Lowell Mill Girls
These were female workers who work during the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.This was the first time woman could work and earn for themselves, but many had no choice.Some had to go because they didn't have any other economic options, or maybe to pay for education or to earn a supplementary income for themselves(even though their' wages were low.) -
Abolitionist: Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglous was a African American abolitionist.After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of a abolitionist movement.He wrote several autobiographies.He describe his life as a slave in one of his biographies.Some northerners also found it hard to believe that such a great orator had been a slave. -
Irish Immigration
Nearly a million of Irish Immigrants landed in the U.S. throughout the Famine years.They were the poor refugees ever to arrive in the U.S.Many landed in Boston,Massachuetts with a population of 115,000.Instead of helping, the bostanians would just point and laugh at the Irish settlers, on there clothes that were 20 years out of fashion, they were poor.They thought that if they come to the U.S. it would be differant, it would have been a life of opportunity but it wasn't. -
Sewing Machine by: Elias Howe
This machine was used to stitch fabrics and other materials together witht hread.The sewing machine was first invented during the first Industrial Revolution.Throughout the years, many people have improve this machine and it's functions.But this machine still greatly improve the efficency and productivity in many clothing industries. -
Abolitionist: John Brown
John Brown was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the U.S.During 1856, Brown and his followers killed 5 slavery supporters.In 1859, his attack at Harper's Ferry was unsuccessful and was captured.Then was sentanced of death by hanging. -
The First Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural southern U.S.Many moved out of Alabama,Louisiana,Mississippi and Texas to 14 states out Northeast, Midwest and West. -
The Cult of Domesticity
According to many theories, woman were made to hold four cardinal virtues
Piety:To not a woman from her "proper sphere"-home
Purity:Virginity, women's greatest treasure not to be lost.
Submission:submissive and obedient.
Domesticity:Places roles of a proper mother and wife.
