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. Labor unions called for _________ workday, ____________ wages, and ___________
___________ conditions. Sometimes unions went on ______________ to get their demands.
8. What was one location where women did organize, go on strike, and win a 10 hour workday?
A New Wave of Immigrants (pg. 415)
9. What is an immigrant?
10. Why did many immigrants leave their homes to come to the United States?
a. to earn ___________ _____________
b._____________ or a severe ___________ shortage
c. failed ______________
d. for a ____________ ________
11. What did immigrants supply, which the United States needed to grow in the mid-19th century?
12. __________________ were people who did not like immigrants and wanted to preserve America
Nativists called for L _ _ _ to L _ _ _ _ immigration & they also wanted to keep immigrants from
V _ _ _ _ _ until they lived in the U.S. for _ _ years. To promote their views, nativists formed the
K_ _ _ N_ _ _ _ _ _ Party. They blamed many of the nation’s problems on i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
African Americans in the North (pg. 417)
13. 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 _ _ _ _ . Despite being free, African
Americans still faced d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
14. What were some of the rights African Americans in the North were denied?
15. What happened to the black carpenter in Cincinnati, & how did this show the obstacles even skilled
African Americans faced in the North?
16. Despite challenges, some African Americans were successful in the North. List at least two specific
examples of successful African Americans and their accomplishments.
a.
b.