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Era of Good Feelings
Unit 4 Part 1 American History I
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Eli Whitney | inventor of interchangeable parts and the cotton gin |
| Interchangeable Parts | standardized parts that can be used in place of one another |
| Mass Production | the making of goods in large amounts |
| Industrial Revolution | A change in the making of goods from small workshops to large factories that used machines |
| Cotton Gin | Eli Whitney’s invention for cleaning cotton |
| Henry Clay | Speaker of the House of Representatives and political leader from Kentucky |
| American System | Clay’s plan for economic development |
| National Road | A federally funded rd, stretching from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vanalia Illinois |
| Erie Canal | Canal that connected the Great Lakes with The Atlantic Ocean |
| Tariff of 1816 | a protective tariff designed to help American industries |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Supreme Court case that denied Maryland the right to tax the Bank of the United States |
| John Quincy Adams | Secretary of State under President Monroe and Sixth President of the United States |
| Nationalism | a belief that national interests as a whole should be more important than what one region wants |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | Treaty that secured the purchase of Florida from Spain |
| Monroe Doctrine | Warning to European nations not to interfere in the Americas |
| Missouri Compromise | Agreement that temporarily settled the issue of slavery in the territories |