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Chpt 5 Hist
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did improved transportation help the nation’s economy? | It allowed faster cheaper means of transportation goods and ease of travel. |
| What three means of transportation were highlighted during Monroe’s time? | Boat, Train, and Horse. |
| Why was there only one national road? | Monrow believed that roads were the state's responsibility. |
| What invention made water transportation much faster? | Steam Boats the first was made 1807. |
| What method of transportation helped settle the west? | Train |
| Who held FL at this time? | Spank |
| Who were the Seminoles? | Groups of native Americans that fled south. |
| Who invaded Florida? | General Andrew Jackson |
| What was John Quincy Adams’ argument for Jackson’s actions? | Should of kept better order |
| What was the result of Jackson’s invasion? | Spain gave up its claim to Florida. |
| What was the main point of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823? | Europe can not interfere with any territory in America and it was of limits to colonization. |
| What are the negative results of a growing population? | Crime Rate,overpopulation, and sanitation. |
| What three taxed based departments were created as a result of this? | Police, Fire departments,and the Sanitation department. |
| What diseases are generally seen in unsanitary and crowded areas? | Cholera and Typhoid |
| When were women finally allowed to attend college? | 1830s |
| What was the most lucrative trade at the time? | Farming |
| What were the four main farming resources grown in the south? | Cotton,Tobacco,Rice, and Sugar Cane. |
| Prior to the cotton gin, how much could one person separate in one day? | 1 Pound. |
| What was happening around that time that led to cotton being so lucrative? | Text style Mills were popping up. |
| Despite Congress passing laws forbidding foreign imports of slaves, why did the slave population keep rising? | The rich people were breeding them. |
| What was a yeoman farmer? | A person with less than 2 acres of land that they handle themselves. |
| What did slave codes forbid African American slaves from doing? | Any rights that a white person had a black didnt this includes reading and writing. |
| How did the development of manufacturing machines change society? | Skilled artisans giving away to unskilled workers. |
| What is a “free enterprise system”? | People or businesses were able with limited liability. |
| Why did the move to corporations encourage innovation? | By allowing businesses to sell stocks and lowering investeres liabilities they were encouraging growth. |
| What are the three popular inventions of the time? | Telegraph,Cotton Gin, and interchangeable parts. |
| What is a labor union? | An organized form to support workers' interest. |
| Why were labor unions so important? | Labors were facing low pay,unsafe working conditions, and long working hours. |
| What was the difference between the task system and the gang system? | Task system just gave them chores and then they were done. Gang system worked them till sun up till sun down. |
| What is Stockholm Syndrome? | A coping mechanism to a captive or abusiver which usually involves positive feelings. |
| What was the Missouri Compromise? | Admitting Main as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. Nothing north of the Missouri bottom border could be a slave state. |
| What practice was started in the election of 1828? | Mudsling. Mudsling is the action of spreading propaganda about your political opponent. |