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American Pageant Ed.13, Chapters 14, Quarter 2 Test

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America in 1860   Now 33 states, and the population was doubling every 25 years. Foreigners were a large number.  
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Potato Famine   1840s in Ireland, potato crops fail, causing a shortage of food, and many Irish flee to the U.S.  
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German '48ers   The many Germans that come in 1848 due to failure of crops and the revolutionary war.  
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The "Know-Nothings"   Protestant american born people, who met in secret and fought for restrictions on immigration, naturalization, and deportation  
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Samuel Slater   "Father of the Factory System" Built the cotton thread spinner  
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Eli Whitney   Builds cotton gin, as well as interchangeable parts on muskets, which starts "King Cotton" and increases slavery  
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Free Incorporation   You don't need to apply for a charter from the gov. to start a corporation.  
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Why was the factory system bad?   People worked long hours for little pay, and 50% of laborers were children.  
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Economic Improvements in the 1830s   West reaps strong harvests, highways and steamboats appear, Erie Canal made, the first railroad built,  
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Pony Express   A postage system, where mail is delivered on horse.  
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Great Triumvirate   Clay, Webster, Calhoun- perfection and unity in senate, senate never the same after deaths, couldn't prevent civil war, but they did delay it. Highly celebrated politicians.  
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