Soc. St. Chap. 13&14 – II

Organizations of workers with the same trade or skill

The first trade unions were created to improve pay and working conditionstrade unions

a work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond

American slave who led a rebellion in Virginia in 1831

taught himself to read and write

was hanged after the rebellion, and the rebellion led to Southerners passing more severe slave codes

"pre-war"; for this unit, this term refers to the time period before the American Civil War

- anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, and nativist political party formed in the 1850s.

nickname given to cotton in the South

was the dominant cash crop in the South

invented the steel-tipped plow in 1837

allowed for increased agriculture production

farmers who did not have slaves

a machine that removed seeds from cotton fibers

invented by Eli Whitney

largest immigration group in US between 1846 and 1850

Irish found work in factories in the Northeast and also helped build the railroad

large percentage were Roman Catholic

money needed to start a business

time period after international slave trade was banned (1807-1860)

slaves could be traded within American borders