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HIS 226 Ch 9 MC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Samuel Slater | First factory; built steam engine from Memory |
| Great Famine | Promoted massive immigration during 1840s |
| Lydia Maria Child | Author of The Frugal Housewife |
| Cumberland Road | Congress funded its construction as an alternative to turnpikes |
| Transcendentalism | Freedom an open-ended process of self-realization relying on individual judgement |
| Nativism | Feared the impact of immigration on American political and social life |
| Commonwealth V. Hunt | Organizing into unions or striking is not inherently illegal |
| Eli Terry | Clockmaker who pioneered "American system" of manufacturing |
| Dartmouth College V. Woodward | Corporate charters are contracts; later state legislatures cannot rescind |
| Erie Canal | 363-mile route promoted the rapid rise of the West |