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Social studies c12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the inventor of the Spinning Jenny | Samuel Slater |
| Who invented the "Gin" | Eli Whitney |
| Who invented the Cotton Mill | Francis Cabot Lowell |
| The shift of production from hand to machines and from homes to factories | Industrial Revolution |
| Using machines to make large quantities of goods faster and cheaper then they could be made by hand | Mass Production |
| Tax placed on imports to discourage the purchase of foreign goods | Protective Tariff |
| The movement of people from one country to make their home another | Immigration |
| Widespread fear caused by a sudden down turn in prices or change in property values | Financial Panic |
| Devotion to the interests of one's own section of the country over those of the nation as a whole | Sectionalism |
| Treaty signed in 1819 between the U.S and Spain that gave Florida to the U.S and decided the boundary between the U.S and Spanish Territory in the southwest | Adams-Onis Treaty |
| Statement issued by president Monroe in 1823 declaring that European nations should not interfere with American nations or try to claim additional territory in the western hemisphere | Monroe Doctrine |
| Period following the war of 1812(during the presidency of Monroe) when the U.S experienced peace and unity | Era of Good Feeling |
| Compromise by which Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state | Missouri Compromise |
| State where slavery is legal | Slave State |
| State in which slavery was illegal | Free State |
| What height difference did the Erie Canal overcome? | 571 Feet...40 feet wide and 360 miles long |
| The government would help industry financially by doing what? | A new national bank |
| Where was the National Road built? | Baltimore,Maryland to Wheeling Virginia |
| The name of the first steamboat was? | The Clermont |
| The governor of NY who persuaded the legislature to pay for the building of the Erie Canal was whom? | Dewitt Clinton |
| The Erie canal stretches from where to where? | The Hudson River to Lake Erie |
| The first motorized train car on a wagon was called what? | Tom Thumb |
| How long did it take to build the Erie Canal? | 8 years |
| Where did Robert Fulton test his invention? | The Hudson River |
| The Cotton Gin could do the work of how many slaves? | 50 |
| what were the results of the Adams-Onis Treaty? | in 1819 the U.S got Florida and Spain gave up Oregon Country |
| What caused the financial panic in 1819? | crop prices dropped |
| what invention,by which person, revolutionized river travel? | Steam Boat by Robert Fulton |
| What did Cooper's invention prove? | That steam engines could move faster and carry heavier loads then horses |
| Who led the revolutions in the northern part of South America? | Simon Bolivard |
| What was the big question with regard to slavery? | Whether or not to expand into new states that were being formed from the Louisiana Purchase |
| What happened to the internal improvements bill and who did it? | James Monroe vetoed it |
| What are two advantages of canal travel over rivers and roads? | Canals can go where rivers can't and canals are easier to travel along |
| What were the specifics of the agreement with Britain that would mean a lasting peace? | The 49th parallel and to share Oregon Country |
| James Monroe was wise enough to do what? | Make the Monroe Doctrine |
| Who was responsible for beginning the independence movement in Mexico? | Miguel Hidalgo |
| Why did Americans turn away from Federalist policy? | Against war of 1812 |
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