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Chapter 9/10 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Cotton Gin | the machine Eli Whitney created that transformed the production of cotton |
Steamship Engine | an invention that decreased travelling time, created by Robert Fulton |
Samuel Slater | the inventor of the first successful water-powered textile mill |
Universal Manhood Suffrage | voting rights for all white males |
Railroads | a new mode of transportation |
Artisans | skilled, experienced craft workers |
The Working Class | men, women, and even children that went to work n factories to supplement the family's income |
Middle Class | artisans and small business owners that focused n hard work and education to establish the middle class |
Industrial Elites | very wealthy merchants that invested their money into the leading industrial business |
Cumberland road | a national highway that provided a route from Maryland to Illinois |
Whigs | a political party that was created after Jackson vetoed the Second Bank |
John Quincy Adams | ran against Jackson in the 1824 election and created the American System |
Nullification | the voiding of unwelcome federal laws |
Putting-Out System | hired farming families that performed specific tasks in he production of goods for set wage |
Boston Associates | wealthy investors that established the first factories in America |
Fancis Cabot Lowell | created the first factory in America and focused on the Lowell System to operate them |
The Panic of 1819 | the first major economic crisis in the United States, due to increasingly large Atlantic economy |
Tyranny of the Majority | an idea brought on by Tocqueville |
Indian Removal Act | five civilized tribes had to move out (Trail of Tears) |
Andrew Jackson | was praised because of his military accomplishments |