click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Andy's chp 7
Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eli Whitney | First musket made of interchangeable parts |
| Interchangeable parts | Parts that are exactly alike |
| Mass production | The production of goods in large quantities |
| Industrial revolution | Social and economic reorganization that took place as machines replaced hand tools & large-scale factory production developed |
| Cotton gin | Developed by Eli Whitney in 1793 allowing profits on cotton |
| Henry Clay | Proposed the American System. |
| American System | Unites the nation's economic interests between the North and South. North produced manufactured goods and the South & West produced grain, meat and cotton. Promoted nationally accepted currency & transportation system. |
| National Road | Began in 1811; completed in 1838 and extended from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois. |
| Erie Canal | Also called the "Big Ditch", took 8 years to dig, by 1825 linked the Hudson River to Lake Erie effectively linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. |
| Tariff of 1816 | Protective tariff designed to protect American industries by taxing foreign made products which were cheaper. |