Name____________________________ per______

Mid-Century 1820-1850

Identify:

Santa Fe Trail (pg.134)

 

the Alamo (pg.137)

 

James K. Polk (pg.138)

 

John C. Fremont (pg.140)

 

Bear Flag Republic (pg.140)

 

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (pg.140)

 

Levi Strauss (pg.140 "Now and Then")

 

forty-niners (pg.141)

 

Robert Fulton

 

Market Revolution (pg.144)

 

free enterprise

 

Samuel F.B. Morse (pg.145)

 

strike (pg.148)

 

Great Potato Famine (pg.149)

 

 

 

Explain the statement "Cotton is King" as it relates to Southern trade with Britain.

 

 

 

 

Contrast the fate of a factory worker and farm girl with regard to each of the following: (pgs.147-148)

Working Hours -

factory worker

farm girl

Working Conditions -

factory worker

 

farm girl

 

Wages -

factory worker

farm girl

Lodging -

factory worker

 

farm girl

 

Tasks -

factory worker

 

farm girl

 

Describe the reaction of Americans to Irish immigrants. (pg.149)

 

 

 

Which states were acquired as a result of the Mexican War ?