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Side A ------ Side B
In the late 1830s, John Deere and his competitors improved life for farmers by introducing  ------ the “singing plow” with a wrought iron moldboard and hardened steel cutting edge.  
By 1840, Cincinnati had become the nation’s center for  ------ hog slaughter and pork packing. 
Southerners commonly referred to slavery as their  ------ “peculiar institution.” 
Industrial employers of the early 1800s commonly approached workers in a spirit of  ------ protective paternalism
In 1834 and 1836, Lowell textile mills witnessed  ------ employee strikes protesting against wage cuts and fee increases.
The phrase “Manifest Destiny” reflected a belief that  ------ the US was headed for greatness, with a right to expand across the continent
After Anglo-American rebels declared in independence and defeated Santa Anna in 1836  ------ Jackson balked at annexing Texas, due to slavery issues and fear of war with Mexico
The Wilmot Proviso, proposed in 1846 by Representative David Wilmot, stipulated that  ------ slavery should be banned in any territory the US might acquire from Mexico
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo  ------ the US paid Mexico $15 million in return for New Mexico, California, and agreement on a Texas boundary at the Rio Grande.
As originally suggested in the Omnibus Bill of 1850, compromise proposals included all of the following except ------ admitting New Mexico as a slave state

Side A ------ Side B
In the late 1830s, John Deere and his competitors improved life for farmers by introducing  ------ the “singing plow” with a wrought iron moldboard and hardened steel cutting edge.  
By 1840, Cincinnati had become the nation’s center for  ------ hog slaughter and pork packing. 
Southerners commonly referred to slavery as their  ------ “peculiar institution.” 
Industrial employers of the early 1800s commonly approached workers in a spirit of  ------ protective paternalism
In 1834 and 1836, Lowell textile mills witnessed  ------ employee strikes protesting against wage cuts and fee increases.
The phrase “Manifest Destiny” reflected a belief that  ------ the US was headed for greatness, with a right to expand across the continent
After Anglo-American rebels declared in independence and defeated Santa Anna in 1836  ------ Jackson balked at annexing Texas, due to slavery issues and fear of war with Mexico
The Wilmot Proviso, proposed in 1846 by Representative David Wilmot, stipulated that  ------ slavery should be banned in any territory the US might acquire from Mexico
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo  ------ the US paid Mexico $15 million in return for New Mexico, California, and agreement on a Texas boundary at the Rio Grande.
As originally suggested in the Omnibus Bill of 1850, compromise proposals included all of the following except ------ admitting New Mexico as a slave state