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History Chapter #10
Industrial Revolution, the Era of Good Feelings, Sectionalism, and Presidents
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many people did the 1790 U.S. census count? | 4 million |
| What was the population of the U.S. in 1820? | 10 million, with 2 million living west of the Appalachian Mountians |
| How did people travel west in the 1800's? | roads, turnpikes, rivers, steamboats, canals, and railroads |
| What are turnpikes? | toll roads-the fees payed for the roads' maintenance |
| Which two states did the National Road connect? | Illinios and Maryland |
| What were some pros of river travel? | easier than wagon travel/roads, travelers could carry more cargo |
| What were some cons of river travel? | it was difficult, most flowed north and south-not east and west (the way people needed to travel) |
| What did Robert Fulton create to help with river travle? | the steamboat-carried cargo and people from New York City to Albany on the Hudson River in 32 hours-made in 1807-was called the CLERMONT |
| Which cities prospered because of the invention of steamboats? | Cincinnati and St. Louis |
| What was DeWitt Clinton's plan to connect New York city with the Great Lakes? | to build a canal that connected Albany on the Hudson River with Buffalo on Lake Erie |
| Where were most of the workers form who worked on the Erie Canal? | Ireland |
| In canals, there were Locks. What are they? | places were the water level was raised and lowered to raise and lower boats where canal levels changed |
| Why weren't steamboats allowed to travel inside of the canals? | they would ruin the embankmaents |
| What did Peter Cooper design to make traveling west easier? | the steam locomotive-first one was called Tom Thumb |
| Canals and roadways allowed what to move faster and moer cheaply from eat to west? | agricultural products, goods and people |
| Why did pioneers settle along rivers, and later canals? | so they could send their goods to market |
| Why did the Industrial Revolution hit New England first? | agriculture was limited, had a steady population of workers, lots of rivers provided waterpower for the mills, was close to natural resources for Pennsylvania, and had ports to recieve cotton form the South and send cloth form the North |
| What must you have to have an Industrial Revolution? | workers, energy source-water, good location, capital-money, and technology |
| How many people did the 1790 U.S. census count? | 4 million |
| What was the population of the U.S. in 1820? | 10 million, with 2 million living west of the Appalachian Mountians |
| How did people travel west in the 1800's? | roads, turnpikes, rivers, steamboats, canals, and railroads |
| What are turnpikes? | toll roads-the fees payed for the roads' maintenance |
| Which two states did the National Road connect? | Illinios and Maryland |
| What were some pros of river travel? | easier than wagon travel/roads, travelers could carry more cargo |
| What were some cons of river travel? | it was difficult, most flowed north and south-not east and west (the way people needed to travel) |
| What did Robert Fulton create to help with river travle? | the steamboat-carried cargo and people from New York City to Albany on the Hudson River in 32 hours-made in 1807-was called the CLERMONT |
| Which cities prospered because of the invention of steamboats? | Cincinnati and St. Louis |
| What was DeWitt Clinton's plan to connect New York city with the Great Lakes? | to build a canal that connected Albany on the Hudson River with Buffalo on Lake Erie |
| Where were most of the workers form who worked on the Erie Canal? | Ireland |
| In canals, there were Locks. What are they? | places were the water level was raised and lowered to raise and lower boats where canal levels changed |
| Why weren't steamboats allowed to travel inside of the canals? | they would ruin the embankmaents |
| What did Peter Cooper design to make traveling west easier? | the steam locomotive-first one was called Tom Thumb |
| Canals and roadways allowed what to move faster and moer cheaply from eat to west? | agricultural products, goods and people |
| Why did pioneers settle along rivers, and later canals? | so they could send their goods to market |
| Why did the Industrial Revolution hit New England first? | agriculture was limited, had a steady population of workers, lots of rivers provided waterpower for the mills, was close to natural resources for Pennsylvania, and had ports to recieve cotton form the South and send cloth form the North |
| What must you have to have an Industrial Revolution? | workers, energy source-water, good location, capital-money, and technology |
| What is the spinning-jenny? | a machine that spun thread |
| What is the power loom? | a machine that spun thread into cloth |
| What is the Cotton Gin? | a machine that removed seeds from cotton fibers-made slavery more necessary in the South-invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 |
| What did Samuel Slater do? | snuck out of England with a thread spinning machine memorized and brought it to the U.S. in 1789 |
| What did Fracis Cabot Lowell do? | opened a textile mill in 1814 in Massachusetts-had productivity (or having all the steps of making cloth under one roof)-this later became known as the Factory System |
| What is the Factory System? | 1)clean cooton and turn into yarn2)spin yarn into thread3)weave thread into cloth4)dye the cloth |
| What is the concept of interchangeable parts? | identical machine parts that could quickly be put together to make a product-were then fixed easier, unskilled workers produced goods, goods were made cheaply and quickly |
| When and why did the Era of Good Feelings rise when Monroe was president? | started after the war of 1812; because of a rise in natinalism and the abscence of major political divisions |
| Why was Monroe a symbol of the Era of Good Feelings? | he had political experience, had self dignity, represented a unified country, toured the country on his own money, and had an "unassuming" maaner according to Abigail Adams |
| What was the result of the Rush-Bagot Treaty between America and Britain in 1817? | the number of ships each country could have on the Great Lakes was limtited and they agreed to remove all weapons from the Canadian border |
| What borders were set at the Convention of 1818 and where could Americans settle as a result of the convention? | the border between the Louisiana Purchase and British Canada was set at the 49th parallel and Americans were allowed to settle in the Oregon Country |
| What was the cause of the creation of the Adams-Onis Treaty? | Jackson invaded Florida trying to stop Seminole raids, but the minister of Spain to the U.S. wanted him to be punished for"overstepping" his boundary; President Adams disagreed with the minister; Spain was dealing with other problems so signed the treaty |
| What were the results of the Adams-Onis Treaty? | U.S. gained East and West Florida, but gave up all claims to Texas and a border was set at the 42nd parallel between the U.S. and the Spanish territory in the West |
| What year did Mexico gain its independence from Spain? | 1821 |
| What did the Monroe Doctrine say in 1823? | the U.S. would not interfere with any existing European colonies in America, the U.S. would oppose any new European colonies in America |
| Who led the fight for independence in Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Bolivia, and Ecuador? | Simon Bolivar |
| What is Sectionalism? | loyalty one's region-the Era of Good Feelings ended by a rise in Sectionalism-thought of themselves as Northerners, Southerners, and Westerners |
| What was the Missouri Compromise? | when Missouri applied for statehood people wanted it become both a slave and free state, same with Maine; after arguing, Congress decided thaat Maine would be free and Missouri would be slave, but all other states north of the 36th parallel would be free |
| What did the American System call for? | a protective tariff-provides country with tax money for internal improvements; internal improvements-to aid trade; and a national bank-to support business |
| Who were the Southern, Northern, and Western voices in the sectionalist times? | North- Daniel WebsterSouth- John C. CalhounWest- Henry Clay |
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