7th SS Chapter 6.1 - 6.4 Study Guide Flashcards
In what sort of groups did pioneers usually travel west?
wagon trains?
What are locks? (in reference to canals)
Locks allow canal boats to rise in steps. When the boat enters a lock chamber, the lower gates close, the upper gets open, and water flows into the chamber raising the boat.
Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?
John C Calhoun / Southerners ?
Who felt tariffs caused the price of manufactured goods to rise?
Southerners?
Another name for toll roads?
Turnpikes
Who designed the Clermont?
Robert Fluton
What did DeWitt Clinton design?
Erie Canal
What is another name for toll roads?
Turnpikes
What type of engines were used to power boats at this time?
steam engines
The Erie Canal is made up of a series of ?
locks
What is the spoil’s system?
The practice of giving supporters government jobs
Which road connected Ohio with the East?
National Road
Who won the presidential election of 1824?
John Q. Adams
What did the Force Bill do?
x
What is a corduroy road?
They are roads made of logs. They were known by this name because the lines of the logs looked like corduroy cloth. These roads kept the wagons from sinking into the mud but they made for a very noisy and bumpy ride.
Which president was from the common people, he was raised in poverty by his mother?
Andrew Jackson
Which group decided the presidential election of 1824?
The House of Representatives
How did John Tyler become president?
When President Harrison died of pneumonia soon after taking office.
Where (what state) did the Trail of Tears begin?
Mississippi
What president’s popularity with the common man changed American politics?
Andrew Jackson
What does it mean to secede?
to withdraw from
What did the Indian Removal Act allow the government to do?
It allowed the government to give land west of the Mississippi to Native Americans in exchange for their lands to the east,
What group chartered the Bank of the United States?
Congress
How did John Q Adams believe the American economy should shift?
economic growth through internal improvements - new roads and canals
