Chapter 5 Flashcards
How did the Supreme Court rulings shape the future of the American government?
Established the dominance of the nation over a state
Why was the steamboat an improvement?
You can go upstream
Why did cities grow during industrialization?
Higher wages of factory jobs drew people in
What did the cotton gin do?
Removed cotton seeds
What is the southern social class system?
Planter, yeoman farmers, rural poor, african americans
What was the accepted amendment to the Missouri Compromise?
Slavery can go into the Arkansas territory but not the rest of the Louisiana purchase.
How did John Quincy Adams win the presidential election?
In the house of representatives.
What did supporters of Andrew Jackson call themselves?
Democratic-Republicans
What did the Tariff of 1816 do?
Taxed imports
What did Spain cede to the US in the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Florida
What does limited liability mean?
Not responsible for the company’s debt if the company goes bankrupt.
What transportation project was completed from Albany to Buffalo?
The erie canal
What did the Supreme Court rule in Commonwealth vs Hunt?
Union strikes are legal
Who is a planter?
Someone who owns 20 or more slaves
What are the 2 labor systems for slaves?
Task and Gang.
What was the solution that emerged from the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri is a slave state, Maine is a free state.
What is the Corrupt Bargain?
Adams gave Clay a cabinet post
What did John Quincy Adams want to do as president as far as internal improvements were concerned?
Expand federal fines for internal improvements.
What did the Monroe Doctrine state about the Americas?
America is not an area of European colonization anymore.
Era of Good Feelings described which presidency?
James Monroe
What does Seminole mean?
Runaway
What was the name of the locomotive that pulled the nation’s first train passengers?
Tom Thumb
What made up ⅔ of the total of exports of the US in 1860?
Cotton
What was the result of the cotton gin?
Increased slave labor.
