Chapter 7 Flashcards
supervisor or overseer of a work gang
driver
owner of a large plantation
planter
an engine that quickly and effectively combs out sees from coton
cotton gin
identical parts that are used to assemble finished products
interchangeable parts
ordinary farmer, small farms
yeoman farmer
a tax designed to help American manufacturers (tax on imports)
protective tariff
a tax designed to generate income for the government
revenue tariff
increase in manufacturing and development
Industrial Revolution
code to send messages across telegraph lines
morse code
Creeks who moved to Florida (means “runaway”)
Seminole
Who was the senator who introduced the idea for the Second Bank of the US?
John C. Calhoun
What was the nickname for James Monroe’s presidency?
Era of Good Feelings
What was the name of the first locomotive to transport passengers in the US?
Tom Thumb
What became the primary crop in the south during this time period?
cotton
What was the northern economy base on?
manufacturing
What was the southern economy based on?
agriculture
What transportation project connected Albany and Buffalo New York? (waterway)
Erie Canal
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What did McCulloh v. Maryland establish?
The Bank of the US was constitutional
What accounted for 2/3 of US exports in 1860?
cotton
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What made steamboats such a transformational invention?
easier transportation on rivers
could travel upstream
What year did Alabama become a state?
1922