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Industrial Revolutio
Industrial Revolution/War of 1812
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In the first administration under Washington, who was the Secretary of State? | Jefferson |
| In the first administration under Washington, who was the Secretary of Treasury? | Hamilton |
| In the first administration under Washington, who was the Chief Justice? | John Jay |
| What country imitated our revolution? | France |
| What 3 countries sent to war with France to get their people's minds off of revolution? | Great Britain, Prussia, Austria |
| Washington declared the US neutral. Why? | because we had a small army and no navy and we wouldn't be able to defend ourselves |
| Define neutral. | not taking sides |
| What 2 countries made it almost impossible to be neutral? | France and Great Britain |
| What is impressment? | taking sailors off our ships and make them work |
| Who impressed our men? | Great Britain |
| Give two reasons people wanted Washington to go to war with Great Britain. | they stole our ships; they impressed our people; they were still occupying forts in Ohio territory; they armed Indians to attack us |
| Explain Jay's Treaty. | Jay went to Great Britain and made a treaty which said that Great Britain would take troops out of forts they still occupied in Ohio territory. |
| What did Jay's Treaty accomplish? | kept us out of war |
| When John Adams was president, the French seized our ships. As a result, the US got into the XYZ affair. Explain this event. | 3 French diplomats, who called themselves XYZ, said US to pay $1 million to meet with their govn't. Adams refused. Instead, he armed US merchant & fishing vessels w/ cannons & soldiers; told them to blow up all French ships they came across.. |
| What was the final outcome of the XYZ affair? | France stopped taking our ships and stopped being an ally with us. |
| What did we purchase from France in 1803? | Louisiana Purchase |
| Who was the French leader during the Louisiana Purchase? | Napoleon |
| Who was the US president during the Louisiana Purchase? | Jefferson |
| Who much did the Louisiana Purchase cost? | $15 million |
| Why did France agree to sell Louisiana to us? | Napoleon needed money to fund his wars to conquer the world. |
| What were the 2 important results of the Louisiana Purchase? | doubed size of US; gave us control of Miss. R. |
| When France and Britain were at war with each other, Jefferso had Congress pass the Embargo Act. What is this act? | said that Americans couldn't trade with any country in Europe |
| Who got the most hurt by the Embargo Act? | American merchants, sailors, ship builders |
| What law replaced the Embargo Act and what did it say? | Nonintercourse Act; said Americans could trade with anyone except for Great Britain or France |
| Who were the War Hawks? | people in the US who wanted to go to war with Great Britain |
| Give 4 reasons why the warhawks wanted to go to war with Great Britain. | to stop Gr. Br. from taking our ships; to stop Gr. Br. from arming the Indians; to stop Gr. Br. from impressing Americans; to get Canada (belonged to Gr. Br.); to get Florida (belonged to Spain and Spain was an ally of Gr. Br.) |
| During the War of 1812, what did the Americans set fire to? | Canadian capital of York |
| During the War of 1812, what did the British set fire to? | Govn't buildings in Washington D.C. |
| Who was the American naval hero on Lake Erie? | Oliver Perry |
| Name the 2 American war heroes who later became presidents. | Jackson and Harrison |
| What famous song was written during the War of 1812 and who wrote it? | Star Spangled Banner; Frances Scott Key |
| What did the Treaty of Ghent say? | Everything would return to how it had been prior to the start of the war. |
| Give 5 important results of the War of 1812. | made Americans have a national spirit; got us to industrialize; got new leaders to emerge; made enemies with Canada; got Europe to respect the US |
| What was the Industrial Revolution? | large scale emergence of new industrial products |
| What did James Hargreaves invent? | |
| What did Edmond Cartwright invent? | Spinning Jenny |
| What did Richard Arkwright invent? | loom |
| What did Eli Whitney invent? | cotton gin; interchangeable parts for guns |
| What did Elias Howe invent? | sewing machine |
| What did James Watt invent? | steam engine |
| What did Robert Fulton invent? | steam boat |
| What did George Stephonson invent? | steam train |
| What did Samuel Morse invent? | telegraph; Morse code |
| What are the good changes of the Industrial Revolution? | time saving devices, faster communication, faster transportation, created new jobs for many, wealthy who could afford products got more leisure time |
| What are the bad changes of the Industrial Revolution? | child labor, low pay factories, long hours in factories, no education for children in slums |
| Why did the North get factories instead of the south? |
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