Cahpter 11 Flashcards
What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?
Industrial revolution
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?
New England
What is capitalism?
Economic system of the US
invest in business in hopes of making a profit
What is money used for an investment?
Capital
What is a system where people are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want
and can work where they wish?
Free enterprise/ free market system
What sets the prices of goods in a free enterprise system?
Supply and demand
What is technology?
Scientific discoveries to simplify work
What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?
Patents
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Who opened the first textile mill in the US?
Samuel Slater
What happened to demand for cotton as a result of textile mill growth in New
England?
Demand grew
What was the cause of the growth of cities and towns in the North?
Factory growth
What is the difference between urban and rural?
Urban=city. Rural = county
What were the three things necessary for Western Expansion in the United States?
Roads, steamboats, and canals
Who led a failed expedition into Kentucky, but wrote journal writings that would
help future explorers settle there?
Dr. Thomas Walker
Who was the first permanent European settler in modern day Tennessee?
William Bean
Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?
Allowed way through the Appalachians
What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of Tennessee?
route to Kentucky from Atlantic Coast
Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?
Daniel Boone
Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?
Rocky Mount
Who was the first person to be voted in as a Senator from Tennessee?
William Blount
What was important about John Sevier?
1st governor of TN
What is a long hunter?
Western explorers who look for land for 6months at a time
What is a turnpike?
Roads owned by private companies have to pay a toll
What road became important to the development of Tennessee because it allowed farmers to get back to middle Tennessee after selling crops?
Natchez Trace
Who created the first steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?
Goods and passengers
What are artificial waterways?
Canals
What canal connected Albany to Buffalo and opened up New York to even more trade opportunities?
Erie Canal
Who was the President in 1817?
James Monroe
What was the Era of Good Feelings?
Where political differences seamed to disappear
Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?
Western Expansion of US led to Sectionalism
What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?
Sectionalism
Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?
John C. Calhoun
What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American
industry growth?
” The American System”
What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?
Missouri Compromise
What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?
Maryland and Maine
What was a court case over states rights that said that state governments could not
have power over the national government?
McCullon v. Maryland
Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the rulings of Marbury v.
Madison and McCulloh v. Maryland?
Chief Justice John Marshal
What treaty was an example of America’s military strength and allowed Florida to
become part of the country?
Adams-Onis Treaty
What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?
The Monroe Doctrine
