Chapter 11 Flashcards

(40 cards)

1
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Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?

A

New England

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2
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What is capitalism?

A

The econommic system of the US

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3
Q

What is money used for an investment?

A

Captial

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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

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

A

Supply and demand

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6
Q

What is technology?

A

Scientfic discovery that simplies 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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10
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What happened to demand for cotton as a result of textile mill growth in New
England?

A

Increased

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11
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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
Q

What is the difference between urban and rural?

A

Urban is city. Rural is country

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13
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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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14
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Who led a failed expedition into Kentucky, but wrote journal writings that would
help future explorers settle there?

A

Dr. Thomas Walker

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

A

William Bean

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

A

Allowed for a path to be createe for people to get through the Applchain

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17
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What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?

A

Industrial Revolution

18
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Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?

19
Q

Connected Albany to Buffalo and opened up New York to even more
trade opportunities?

20
Q

Who was the President in 1817?

21
Q

What was the Era of Good Feelings?

A

A time when poticial differences seemed to fade away after the war of 1812

22
Q

Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?

A

The Western Expanison of the US led to increased sectionlism, loyalty to one reigon

23
Q

What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?

24
Q

Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?

A

John C. Calhoun

25
What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American industry growth?
The America System
26
What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?
Missouri Compromise
27
What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?
Maine and Missouri
28
Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?
Rocky Mount
29
Who was the first person to be voted in as a Senator from Tennessee?
Willam Blount
30
What was important about John Sevier?
First governor of Tennessee
31
What is a long hunter?
Someone who explores for at least 6 months at a time
32
What is a turnpike?
Toll roads
33
What road became important to the development of Tennessee because it allowed farmers to get back to middle Tennessee after selling crops?
Natchez Trace
34
Who created the first steamboat?
Robert Fulton
35
Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?
Goods and passengers
36
What are artificial waterways?
Canals
37
What was a court case over states rights that said that state governments could not have power over the national government?
McCulloch v. Maryland
38
Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the rulings of Marbury v. Madison and McCulloh v. Maryland?
Cheif Justice John Marshall
39
What treaty was an example of America’s military strength and allowed Florida to become part of the country?
Adams-Onis Treaty
40
What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?
Monore Doctrine