Chapter 11 Flashcards
(41 cards)
What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?
Industrial revolution
What is capitalism?
Economic system of the US
What is a system where people are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want
and can work where they wish?
Free enterprise system
What is technology?
Scientific discoveries that simplify work
What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?
Patens
Who opened the first textile mill in the US?
Samuel slater
What was the cause of the growth of cities and towns in the North?
Urban=city&rural=county
What were the three things necessary for Western Expansion in the United States?
Roads
Steamboats
Canals
Who was the first permanent European settler in modern day Tennessee?
William bean
What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of
Tennessee?
It made passing through the mountains easier
Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?
Rocky mount
What was important about John Sevier?
He was the first governor of TN
What is a turnpike?
Toll roads
Who created the first steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What are artificial waterways?
Canals
Who was the President in 1817?
James Monroe
Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?
Th western expansion lead to increased sectionalism
Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?
John c Calhoun
What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?
Missouri compromise
What was a court case over states rights that said that state governments could not have power over the national government?
McCullouch vs Maryland
What treaty was an example of America’s military strength and allowed Florida to
become part of the country?
Adams onus treaty
What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?
Monroe doctrine
Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the rulings of Marbury v.
Madison and McCulloh v. Maryland?
John Marshall
What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?
Missouri compromise
