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Inventors, Inventions, Abolition, and Suffrage Study Guide
In the table below, write the name of the inventor and the name of the invention they created
Inventor
What they invented
Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin
Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson (slave)
Mechanical Reaper
Robert Fulton
Steamboat
James Watt
Steam Locomotive
Samuel Morse
Telegraph
In the table below, write the name of each invention and what it did and its impact on the nation
Invention
Cotton Gin
What it did and its impact on the nation
What It Did – Made it much easier to clean the seeds out of
cotton.
Impact – Cotton farmers move west; demand for slaves
explodes
What It Did – Made it much easier to harvest wheat
Mechanical Reaper
Steamboat
Impact – More farm families move west; farming becomes
more profitable
What It Did – Made it much easier to take boats up rivers
like the Missouri and the Mississippi
Impact – Moving people and farm goods became much
faster and easier
Steam Locomotive
What It Did – Moved large amounts of goods and people
cheaply
Impact – Connected the entire country by a series of
railroads; travel and transportation become much easier
Telegraph
What It Did: sent electrical messages over a telegraph
cable in just a few seconds
Impact: Made our growing country feel much smaller,
allowing for much easier communication
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In the table below, write the name of the Abolitionist and at least 2 details from your notes about him or
her
Abolitionist
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Details
Escaped from slavery
Led many slaves to freedom on Underground Railroad
Published the anti-slavery newspaper called The
Liberator
Founded the American Anti-Slavery Society
Escaped from slavery
Great public speaker
Published anti-slavery newspaper called The North Star
Friend of Abe Lincoln
Wrote book Uncle Tom's Cabin that opened eyes to
evils of slavery
Lincoln said she was the "little lady who started this
great war."
Fought against spread of slavery in Kansas
Tried to start a slave rebellion by attacking Harpers
Ferry
In the table below, write the name of each Suffragist and 3 details from your notes about her
Suffragists
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Details
Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments - "all men and
women are created equal"
Organized Seneca Falls Convention in 1848
Former slave who walked away
Gave famous speech called "Ain't I a Woman?"
Later recruited black soldiers to fight in the Union Army
Susan B. Anthony
Printed suffrage newspaper with The Revolution Was
arrested for illegally voting in presidential election of
1872
first American woman on a coin
What were the 3 main ideas of the Abolition Movement?
Slavery was morally wrong.
Slavery was cruel and inhumane.
Slavery was a violation of the principles of democracy
What rights were women deprived of in the 1800’s? What was the one main goal of the Suffrage Movement?
Could not hold elected office, had limited educational opportunities - especially college, were at a disadvantage
in business, could not own property. To get women the right to vote