Ch 11 And 12 Test Flashcards
What encouraged the growth of American manufacturing?
The War of 1812
The purpose of tariffs were too…
Encourage the growth of American businesses
Most early American factories were built in ….
New England
Which invention had the greater affect on communication/talking to others in the mid-1800’s?
The telegraph
What lead to a great increase of cotton production?
Eli Whitney’s cotton gin
Whites killed more than 200 African Americans in revenge as a result of …
Nat Turners rebellion
What was seen as the dividing line between slave states and free states?
The Mason-Dixon Line
Describe the Monroe Doctrine
Described that the Americas were closed to further colonization
When did the nullification crisis end?
When Henry Clay came forward with a compromise tariff in 1833
Who viewed Native Americans as conquered subjects living withing United States borders?
Jackson - This was his policy
How did the Indian Removal Act affect the Cherokees?
Thousands died on the forced journey from their homelands to Indian Territory
What did Osceola do?
led the Seminole in their fight against removal
How did Jackson destroy the national bank before its charter ended?
He had government funds deposited into state banks.
How were the Cherokee’s affected by the Indian Removal Acts?
Thousands died on the forced journey from their homeland to the Indian Territory
Who wanted to limit the power of the president?
The Whigs
Why did New England mill owners hire more women than men during the mid-1800’s?
Mill owners didn’t have to pay woman as much as men
What did Samuel F.B. Morse invent? What did it allow people to do?
The telegraph. It allowed pole to communicate more easily over long distances.
What was the goal of the American System?
to make the U.S. more sufficient with its economy
What was the Missouri Compromise?
It kept the balance of power in the Senate between Slave states and Free states
By obtaining Florida and setting the boundary with Canada at the 49th parallel, the United States settled their argument with who?
Spain and Britain
Trail of Tears
The harsh journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory
What is the idea of widening political power to more of the people?
Jacksonian Democracy
What did Sequoya invent for the Cherokee people?
written language
John Quincy Adams
President after the 1824 election
