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week 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cotton gin | Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. It removed seeds from cotton fibers. Now cotton could be processed quickly and cheaply. Results |
| 2.Erie Canal | A canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo.1825. Allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West. |
| 3.Gibbons v. Ogden | (1824) U.S. Supreme Court decision reinforcing the "commerce clause'' (the federal government's right to regulate interstate commerce) of the Constitution; Chief Justice John Marshall ruled against the State of New York's granting of steamboat monopolies. |
| 4.Industrial Revolution | A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s. Increase growth of cities and people working in factories |
| 5.John Marshall | 1755-1835. U.S. Chief Supreme Court Justice. Oversaw Marbury v Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland, created the precedent of judicial review; ruled on many early decisions that gave the federal government more power, especially the supreme court |
| 6.Lowell System | A method of factory work that was based on water-powered textile mills that employed young unmarried women from local farms. The system included a loom that could both spin thread and weave cloth in the same mill |
| 7.Missouri Compromise | (1820) an agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36°30´ latitude |
| 8.Monroe Doctrine | 1823 - Declared that Europe should not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere and that any attempt at interference by a European power would be seen as a threat to the US. |
| 9.Robert Fulton | American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815) |
| 10.Samuel Slater | "Father of the Factory System" in America; escaped Britain with the memorized plans for the textile machinery; put into operation the first spinning cotton thread in 1791. |
| 11.Sectionalism | A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole |
| 12.War of 1812 | A war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier. |
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