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US Hist Ch 11 and 12
Mrs. Phillips Pre-AP Ch11 and Ch12 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Samuel Slater | a British textile worker who sailed to America under a false name to bring the secret of textile working to the Americans. (P.325) |
| Factory System | Brought many workers and machines together under one roof. (P.325) |
| Era of Good Feelings | The years after the War of 1812 due to less partisan political strive. James Monroe defeated the last Federalist candidate in 1816 and was reelected in 1820 without any opponent. |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | Built a factory in Waltham, in Eastern Massachusetts which not only spun raw cotton into yarn, but also wove it into cloth on power looms (P.326) Lowell girls |
| War of 1812 Effects on Industrialization | Because the British naval blockade kept imported goods from reaching US,Americans has to start manufacturing their own goods. The blockade stopped investors from spending money on shipping and trades.Instead,they invested in new American industries(P.326) |
| Interchangeable parts | parts that are exactly alike which later were used in industries; sped up production; introduced by Eli Whitney |
| Robert Fulton | invented a steamboat that could move against the current or strong wind which resulted in a national unity. (P.328) |
| Samuel Morse | In 1837, Samuel F.B. Morse first demonstrated his telegraph which resulted in national unity. (P.329) |
| John Deere | In 1836, the blacksmith John Deere invented a lightweight plow with a steel cutting edge which made preparing the ground much less work, resulting in more farmers moving to the Midwest. (P.329) |
| Cyrus McCormick | Invented a steel reaper, which he patented in 1834, that cut ripe grain. The machine separated kernels of wheat from husks. (P.329) |
| Eli Whitney | He established the use of interchangeable parts which later were used in industries. He also invented the cotton gin in 1793 which increased the cotton cleaning rates from a worker being able to clean one pound of cotton a day to 50 pounds. (P.327) |
| American System | plan to make the US economy more self sufficient.Established tax on imported goods that protected nation's trade from foreign. established a national bank which would promote a single currency 1816- 2nd Bank of US and improved transportation system |
| Monroe Doctrine | 1. Americas were closed to further colonization 2. Monroe warned that European efforts to reestablish colonies would be considered “dangerous to our peace and safety” |
| Marbury v. Madison | This case in 1803 included the Supreme Court ruling that it had the power to abolish laws by declaring them unconstitutional. This became known as judicial review. |
| McCulloch c Maryland | 1819-Maryland wanted to tax its the national bank. If this tax were allowed, states would have power over the federal gov. The court upheld federal authority by ruling that a state could not tax a national bank. |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | In 1824, two steamship operators fought over shipwrights on the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey. The court ruled that interstate commerce could be regulated only by the federal government, not the state governments. |
| textile industry | - |
| cotton gin | a machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that cleaned cotton 50x faster and more efficiently than human workers (P.161) |
| treatment of free blacks | |
| spirituals | religious folk songs which the slaves sang (P.335) |
| moses | - |
| nat turner | - |
| erie canal | completed in 1825, this waterway connected New York City and Buffalo, New York (P.339) |
| inflation | - |
| steam powered trains | - |
| acquiring florida | - |
| Missouri compromise | - |
| spoils system | - |
| Jacksonian democracy | - |
| expansion of voting rights | - |
| sequoya | - |
| judicial review | - |
| secede | - |
| sectionalism | - |
| pet banks | - |
| depression | a sever economic slump (P.370) |
| whigs | people of the whig party, a political party organized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson (P.371) |
| adams-onis treaty | spanish handed florida to US and gave up claims to the Oregon Country; signed in 1819 (P.341) |
| john marshall |
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