Chapter 11

Question 0

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?

Answer 0

New England

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Industrial Revolution

Question 2

What is capitalism?

Answer 2

Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit

Question 3

What is money used for an investment?

Answer 3

Capital

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Free Enterprise/ Free Market System

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Supply and Demand

Question 6

What is technology?

Answer 6

Scientific discoveries that simplify work

Question 7

What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?

Answer 7

Patents

Question 8

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

Answer 8

Eli Whitney

Question 9

Who opened the first textile mill in the US?

Answer 9

Samuel Slater

Question 10

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

Answer 10

It grew

Question 11

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

Answer 11

The growth of factories

Question 12

What is the difference between urban and rural?

Answer 12

Urban= city and Rural= country

Question 13

How did Pioneers usually migrate west?

Answer 13

In families

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Roads, steam boats, and canals

Question 15

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

Answer 15

William Bean

Question 16

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

Answer 16

William Bean

Question 17

Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?

Answer 17

It allowed for a gap to be created that made passing through the Appalachian mtns easier

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Aided the early exploration of TN because it made passing through the mtns easier and opened a door for more settlement

Question 19

Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?

Answer 19

Daniel Boone & 30 skilled foresters

Question 20

What is a turnpike?

Answer 20

Toll roads

Question 21

Who created the first steamboat?

Answer 21

Robert Fulton

Question 22

Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?

Answer 22

Goods & people

Question 23

What are artificial waterways?

Answer 23

Canals

Question 24

Who was the President in 1817?

Answer 24

James Monroe

Question 25

What was the Era of Good Feelings?

Answer 25

A time when political differences see end to fade away after the War of 1812

Question 26

Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?

Answer 26

The Western Expansion of the US led to increased sectionalism

Question 27

What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?

Answer 27

Sectionalism

Question 28

Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?

Answer 28

John C. Calhoun

Question 29

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

Answer 29

The American System

Question 30

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

Answer 30

The Missouri Compromise

Question 31

What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 31

Maine and Missouri

Question 32

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

Answer 32

McCulloch vs. Maryland

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Adams-Onis Treaty

Question 34

What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?

Answer 34

Monroe Poctrine