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Chapter 11
Social studys
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | In late 8th century Britain, factory machines began replacing hand tools and manufacturing replaced farming as the main for of work. |
| Robert Fulton | Invented a steamboat, launched the Clemont on the Hudson. |
| Samuel F.B. Morse | in 1837, First demonstrated his telegraph ( Invented the telegraph) |
| Lowell Mills | Textile mills in the village, employed farm girls who lived in company owned boarding houses. |
| Eli Whitney | Invented a machine for cleaning cotton in 1793 |
| Cotton Gin | Made cotton cleaning process far more efficent |
| The American System | A plan introduced in 1815 to make the united states economically self sufficient. |
| Erie Canal | Created a water route between New York City and Buffalo. |
| James Monroe | Democratic republican won presidency in 1816 with a large majority of electoral votes |
| Nationalism | A feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness towards ones country |
| Sectionalism | The placing at the interests of ones own region ahead of the interests of the interests at the nation as a whole. |
| Missouri Compromise | A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. |
| Monroe Doctrine | A policy of U.S. apposition to any European interference in the western hemisphere, announced by the president Monroe in 1823 |
| Era of Good Feelings | The "Era of Good Feelings" marked a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. |
| Cause of the Monroe Doctrine | The Monroe Doctrine was developed because the United States and Britain were concerned over the possibility of European colonial expansion in the Americas. |