Chapter 11✏️ Flashcards

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Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?

A

New England

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What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?

A

Industrial Revolution

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2
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What is capitalism?

A

When people put capital into a business in hopes of a profit

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3
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What is money used for an investment?

A

Capital

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4
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What is a system where people are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want and can work where they wish?

A

Free enterprise system/ free market system

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5
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What sets the prices of goods in a free enterprise system?

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Supply and demand

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6
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What is technology?

A

Scientific discoveries that simplify work

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7
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What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?

A

Patents

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8
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Who invented the Cotton Gin?

A

Eli Whitney

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9
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Who opened the first textile mill in the US?

A

Samuel Slater

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What happened to demand for cotton as a result of textile mill growth in New England?

A

It grew

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What was the cause of the growth of cities and towns in the North?

A

Growth of factories

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12
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What is the difference between urban and rural?

A

Urban-city

Rural-country

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13
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How did Pioneers usually migrate west?

A

As families

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14
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What were the three things necessary for Western Expansion in the United States?

A

Roads
Steamboats
Canals

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15
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Who was the first permanent European settler in modern day Tennessee?

A

William Bean

16
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Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?

A

Made a path for people to navigate through the mountains easier

17
Q

What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of Tennessee?

A

Made passing through the mountains easier and opened the door for new settlements

18
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Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?

A

Daniel Boone

19
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What is a turnpike?

A

A Toll Road

20
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Who created the first steamboat?

A

Robert Fulton

21
Q

Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?

A

Goods and passengers

22
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What are artificial waterways?

A

Canals

23
Q

Who was the President in 1817?

A

James Monroe

24
Q

What was the Era of Good Feelings?

A

A time when political difference seemed to fade away after the war of 1812

25
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Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?

A

Western Expansion

26
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What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?

A

Sectionalism

27
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Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?

A

John C. Calhoun

28
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What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American industry growth?

A

The American System

29
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What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?

A

The Missouri Comprise

30
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What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?

A

Missouri and Maine

31
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What was a court case over states rights that said that state governments could not have power over the national government?

A

McCulloch vs. Maryland

32
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What treaty was an example of America’s military strength?

A

The Adams-Chris Treaty

33
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What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?

A

The Monroe Doctrine