Life in the North
American Nation
Chapter 14 section 2
Directions: As you read the section answer the following questions in the space provided.
Factory Conditions Become Worse (pg. 413)
1. Factory owners and artisans felt differently about the things they made; artisans were concerned
with making high quality, creative goods, while factory owners were mostly concerned about what?
__________________________
2. As the need for workers increased, entire F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ labored in factories. In some cases, a
family agreed to work for O _ _ Y _ _ _ . If even one family members broke the contract, the
E _ _ _ _ _ F _ _ _ _ _ might be F _ _ _ _ .
3. When did the factory day begin AND end?
4. Identify 3 hazards workers faced in factories.
5. Why were factories permitted to have no safety devices, have frequent accidents, & fire injured
workers?
Workers Join Together (pg. 414)
6. In the 1820s & 1830s, artisans in each trade united to form T _ _ _ _ U _ _ _ _ _ .
7. What were 3 improvements to work conditions unions called for, AND what was one tactic unions used
to try to get these demands?
8. Identify 3 SPECIFIC ways artisans’ work conditions improved during the 1840s.
9. Unlike artisans, unskilled workers were not able to improve their work conditions that much – why not?
10. What challenges did female workers face that male workers did not? (Identify 2 challenges!)
11. What was one location where women did organize, go on strike, and win a 10 hour workday?
A New Wave of Immigrants (pg. 415)
12. In the mid-19th century (i.e. 1850s), many Irish & Germans left their home countries in favor of the
United States; why did the Irish flee Ireland AND why did Germans flee Germany?
13. Between 1845 & 1860, over _._ million Irish fled Ireland, and came to the United States. Between
1848 & 1860, nearly ___________________ Germans left Germany, and came to the United States.
14. What did immigrants supply, which the United States needed to grow in the mid-19th century?
17. What group of people did NOT want the immigrants entering the U.S.?
18. Who did Nativists believe should rule America? AND who were Nativists trying to “preserve” the
country for?
19. Nativists called for L _ _ _ to L _ _ _ _ immigration & they also wanted to keep immigrants from
V _ _ _ _ _ until they lived in the U.S. for _ _ years.
20. Identify 4 reasons Nativists did not like/distrusted Irish, German, & other immigrants.
21. What political party did Nativists start in order to promote their views?
African Americans in the North (pg. 417)
22. During the early years of the United States, slavery was L _ _ _ _ in the N _ _ _ _ . By the early
1800s, however, all the N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ had outlawed S _ _ _ _ _ _ . As a result, thousands
of F _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ - A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lived in the N _ _ _ _ .
23. What were some of the rights African Americans in the North were denied?
24. What happened to the black carpenter in Cincinnati, & how did this show the obstacles even skilled
African Americans faced in the North?
25. Despite challenges, some African Americans were successful in the North. List at least two specific
examples of successful African Americans and their accomplishments.
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