America Pageant Ch14 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| America in 1860 | Now 33 states, and the population was doubling every 25 years. Foreigners were a large number. |
| Potato Famine | 1840s in Ireland, potato crops fail, causing a shortage of food, and many Irish flee to the U.S. |
| German '48ers | The many Germans that come in 1848 due to failure of crops and the revolutionary war. |
| The "Know-Nothings" | Protestant american born people, who met in secret and fought for restrictions on immigration, naturalization, and deportation |
| Samuel Slater | "Father of the Factory System" Built the cotton thread spinner |
| Eli Whitney | Builds cotton gin, as well as interchangeable parts on muskets, which starts "King Cotton" and increases slavery |
| Free Incorporation | You don't need to apply for a charter from the gov. to start a corporation. |
| Why was the factory system bad? | People worked long hours for little pay, and 50% of laborers were children. |
| Economic Improvements in the 1830s | West reaps strong harvests, highways and steamboats appear, Erie Canal made, the first railroad built, |
| Pony Express | A postage system, where mail is delivered on horse. |
| 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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