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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The most outspoken War Hawk in 1812 was_______ of Kentucky | Henry Clay |
| In 1814, Andrew Jackson won a decisive victory against the Creek Indians at the | Battle of Horshoe Bend |
| In August 1814, an attempt to stop the British from invading Washington, American trops met the British at | Bladensburg,Maryland |
| Because of the Americans furious retreat at Bladensburg it is often called the | "Bladensburg Races" |
| What famous women showed her bravery by saving the Stuart portrait of George Washington and being one of the last to leave Washington before the British invaded | Dolley Madison |
| After Burning Washington, the British sailed to Maryland and attacked | Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor |
| During the Battle of Baltimore___________ wrote a peom which would soon become __ | Francis Scott Key; The Star Spangled Banner |
| On JAnuray 8,1815 ,the forces of Andrew Jackson defeated the British forces in the | Battle of New Orleans |
| In December, 1814, delegates from several New England states met at the ___ and threatened to leave the Union in the war went on | Hartford Convention |
| The Treaty ending the war of 1812 was signed on December 24,1812 in Belgium was called ____ after the city it was signed in | The Treaty Of Ghent |
| In the agreement ,both sides returned to | prewar conditions |
| The War of 1812 was nicknamed _____ during the time that is was fought | Mr.Madisons War |
| In 1817 the U.S. and Britain signed the _________ which forbade warships on the Great Lakes | Rush-Bagot Agreements |
| In 1818, the U.S and Britain agreed to set much of the border between the U.S. and Canada at | 49 degrees North Latitude |
| Nickname for the War of 1812 | Second War of Independance |
| The Industrail Age began in the ____ and came to America in the _____ | Mid-1700's ;Late 1700's |
| During the Industrial Revolution America Changed: | -Goods made by hand to goods made by machines-people working on farms to people working in factories-people living on farms to people moving to cities |
| ________ allowed farms to use their fields every season by changing the kind of crop that they planted | Crop Rotation |
| People with money who invested in buisness to make a profit were known as | Capitalists |
| The __________ brought workers and machines together in own place to produce goods | Factory System |
| ______ opened the 1st factory in America in ___ | Sam Slater; 1790 |
| The Slater mill was located in | Pawtucket,Rhode Island |
| Who formed the Boston Manufacturing Company in 1813? | Francis Cabot Lowell |
| The BMC combined spinning and weaving in one factory in | Waltham,Massachusetts |
| The BMC moved to Lowell ,MA in 1821 and hired young farm girls who became known as ____ or ______ to work in their factories | Mill Girls; Lowell Girls |
| Eli Whitney introduced the idea of _______________ in manufactoring | Interchangable Parts |
| ______ used and improved ___ to produce a steamboat in 1787 | John Fitch ; steam engine |
| Robert Fulton launched his steamboat, the ______ ,in 1807 and starte dthe 1st successful steamboat line | The Clermont |
| In 1828 Constitution was begun on the _______________ which was opend in 1830 | Baltimore and Ohio Railway |
| The _____ was invented by ______ in 1844 | Telegraph; Samuel Moore |
| The ____ was invented in 1876 by ___________, a teacher at a school for the hearing impared | Telephone;Alexander Graham Bell |
| Three types of changes brought about by western expansion : | Physical changes; Economic Changes;Social CHanges |
| Kinds of roads that allowed rain to drain off easily so that wagons did not get stuck in the mud | Gravel Roads |
| ________ pioneered the construction of roads with three layers of different sized stones | John McAdams |
| What were the first macadom roads in America? | Boonsborough Turnpike and the National Turnpike ( Cumberland Road) |
| What were roads which used logs placed in a line called? | Corduroy Roads |
| What were Roads with ple or pikes blocking the passage of travelers until a toll was paid | Turnpike |
| What was the 1st important Turnpike in America | Lancaster Turnpike |
| What was the 1st highway built entirely with federal funds? | National Road |
| What is a channel which was dug and filled with water to allow boats to cross a stretch of land | Canal |
| What canal connected Lake Erie with the Hudson River? | Erie Canal |