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The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Transatlantic Slave trade is when everyone from parts of the world trade slaves. This also took place across the Atlantic Ocean it started in the 16th century and ended in the 19th century.The Middle Passage was connected to this slave trade. -
The Middle Passage
THe Middle Passage was a triangular trade between Africa, Europe and New World. They would trade slaves and manufactured goods. An estimated 15% of African Americans died at sea. The Middle Passage ended in the mid-19th century. -
The Sewing Machine
Thomas Saint invented this invention. This invention helped the factories very much because the factories would produce clothing. Then they would trade with other countries or states. That mean't that the more sewing machines and clothing the more money they would recieve. This impacted the society in the North because that was where most of the factories were located. -
The Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin helped many slaves pick cotton. Usually it would take slaves many hours to separate the cotton from the seed and then this invention was created and now it takes minutes to separate the cotton from the seed. This improved trade and factoies would make more cotton gins for the slaves. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was born in Febuary 1818 and he died in Febuary 1895.He wrote several autobiographies. He wrote about his experience as a slave in his 1845 autobiography. He was famously known as an orator. Many Northeners were surprised that a slave could become an orator. He was also the first African American to be nominated as the Vice President of the United States. He had an impact on the North because he gave many famous speeches to the Northeners about many things in the new nation. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a federal statute in the United States and it made all the slavery and anti slavery states equal. This compromise was devised by Henry Clay and Congress passed the law in 1820 -
Irish Immigration
There were about 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between the 1820 and 1930. In the 1840s, they compomised nearly half of all immigrants to this nation. The Irish moved to the U.S becasue they had a serious potato famine in Ireland. Also, there were 4.5 immigrants treated in the U.S. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was born in March 1822 and she died on March 10, 1913. She was born into slavery and then she escaped and she later made about thirteen missions to rescue appoximately seventy enslaved family and friends. She was an impact on the South because she helped many slaves reach their freedom. She was known for taking slaves from thier plantations to the north. -
Lowell Mill Girls
The Lowell Mill Girls were female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell, Massachusetts. There would also be little girls working there at age 13. There wages were half of what the men earned. The women and little girls became tired of working hard for days with not enough food or resources so they started protesting so they could have their women rights. -
The Telegraph
The telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse. The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.This invention impacted the North because there was moe communication in the North. -
Seneca Falls Cenvention
This was the first womens rights convention. This convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York it spanned rwo days over July 19-20, 1848. A few men aided in this effort. Female quakers local to the area organized the meetings along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was not a quaker. In some of the meeting the Quaker women and Elizabeth came up with a very important documents with the help of Frederick Douglass. These documents were called the Declaration of Sentiments and a list of resolutions. -
The Cult of Domesticity
The Cult of Domesticity was a prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the nineteenth century in the U.S. This action affected married womens labor market participation in the 19th century and the beggining of the 20th century. -
The First Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the southern United States to the urban Northwest, Midwest. many blacks moved from state to state
