America: Old and New

Front

In what year was Gold discovered in California? How long afterward did California become a state?

Back

1848, 2 years later

Front

Name two inventions that came from the North before 1850.

Back

Telegraph and sewing machine

Front

What did Francis Cabot Lowell and Nathan Appleton do for manufacturing and for their workers?

Back

Established textile mills and improved working conditions

Front

Name two Protestant ministers of the Second Great Awakening who encouraged Christians to engage in crusades to right society’s wrongs.

Back

Charles Finney and Lyman Beecher

Front

Who was the founder of the Common School movement?

Back

Horace Mann

Front

What two ways were developed in the North to transport goods and people long distances?

Back

Canals and railroads

Front

What did George Ripley hope to do at Brook Farm?

Back

Create a utopian community

Front

Name the Catholic bishop of New York City who opposed the Common School movement.

Back

John Hughes

Front

What is the name of the “line” that marked the division between the North and South?

Back

Mason-Dixon Line

Front

How was the economy of the South alike and different from the economy of the North?

Back

Both relied on agriculture; the South used slave labor, the North used free labor.