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Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?

A

New England

1
Q

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

A

Industrial revolution

2
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What is capitalism?

A

The economic system of the US individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit

3
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What is money used for an investment?

A

Capital

4
Q

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/ free market system

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

A

Supply and demand

6
Q

What is technology?

A

Scientific discoveries that simplify work

7
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What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?

A

Patents

8
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Who invented the Cotton Gin?

A

Eli Whitney

9
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Who opened the first textile mill in the US?

A

Samuel slater

10
Q

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

The growth of factories

12
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What is the difference between urban and rural?

A

Urban-city

rural-country

13
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How did Pioneers usually migrate west?

A

As families

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

A

Roads
Steamboats
Canals

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

It made passing through the Appalachian mountains easier

17
Q

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

A

It added early exploration of TN

18
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Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?

A

Daniel Boone and 30 others

19
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What is a turnpike?

A

Toll roads

20
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Who created the first steamboat?

A

Robert Fulton

21
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Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?

A

Goods and passengers

22
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What are artificial waterways?

A

Canals

23
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Who was the President in 1817?

A

James Monroe

24
Q

What was the Era of Good Feelings?

A

A time when political differences 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

The western expansion of the US led to increase sectionalism, loyalty to a region

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

A

Era of good feelings

27
Q

Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?

A

John C. Calhoun

28
Q

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

A

The American system

29
Q

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

A

Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

30
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What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?

A

Maine and Missouri

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

McCullon vs. Maryland

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

A

The Adams Onis Treaty

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

A

Monroe Doctrine