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SS: Ch. 11 Vocab
Vocab for US History Ch. 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Englishman who sailed to the United States illegally and brought the secret of England's textile industry. | Samuel Slater |
| Period of great industrial growth. Manufacturing, machines, and inventions boomed during this period. | Industrial Revolution |
| Places where workers and machines were brought together in one building to produce products. | factory system |
| Textile mills instigated by Francis Cabot Lowell in a village. They employed farm girls and used English-style looms, which were meant to be secret. | Lowell mills |
| Parts that are exactly alike. These parts sped up production, made repairs easy, and allowed for less-skilled workers. | interchangeable parts |
| Inventor of a powerful steam boat that moved against currents and strong winds, the Clermont. It was very successful. | Robert Fulton |
| Inventor of the telegraph. The telegraph sent pulses of electricity along a wire, which were then translated into letters. | Samuel F. B. Morse |
| Inventor of the cotton gin, which cleaned cotton. | Eli Whitney |
| Eli Whitney's invention, which made cotton cleaning much faster and more efficient. | cotton gin |
| Religious folk songs. Usually sung by slaves, and often held coded messages. | spirituals |
| Leader of a famous rebellion which killed 55 white people. This rebellion spread fear and tightened the grip on slavery after it was crushed. He was hanged. | Nat Turner |
| Pride, loyalty, and protectiveness towards your country. | nationalism |
| A strong Kentucky nationalist who wanted to unify the country and its regions. | Henry Clay |
| A plan to make the US self-sufficient. It included establishing a protective tariff, establishing a national bank, and improving the nation's transportation system. | American System |
| A canal that created a water route between New York City and Buffalo, New York. It opened the Great Lakes region to trade and settlement, as well as promoted nationalism. | Erie Canal |
| The next Democratic-Republican president. He won with a large majority of votes. | James Monroe |
| Loyalty to one's own region as opposed to the nation as a whole. | sectionalism |
| Henry Clay's plan, which resolved the conflict of admitting Missouri as a slave or free state. Missouri was admitted as slave and Maine was admitted as free. | Missouri Compromise |
| Statement issued by James Monroe which stated that America was closed to colonization by other countries and would stay out of European affairs. It showed that America thought of itself as a world power. | Monroe Doctrine |
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