Chapter 10 Identification Flashcards

1
Q

connected lakes and rivers

A

canals

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2
Q

proved travel by steamboat could be reliable and efficient (invention)

A

Clermont

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3
Q

linked the eastern and western regions of the country

A

Cumberland Road

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4
Q

most responsible for the building of the Erie Canal

A

De Witt Clinton

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5
Q

manufacturing existing side by side with agriculture; favored so America wouldn’t be dependent on European manufactured goods

A

diversified economy

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6
Q

developed the idea of using interchangeable parts

A

Eli Whtiney

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7
Q

permitted travel by water from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

A

Erie Canal

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8
Q

mills in England

A

Factories

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9
Q

developed a system of employing young, unmarried women

A

Francis Cabot Lowell

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10
Q

rapid change in the way goods are produced

A

Industrial Revolution

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11
Q

made mass production possible

A

Interchangeable parts

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12
Q

built the spinning jenny

A

James Hargreaves

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13
Q

built a practical steam engine

A

James Watt

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14
Q

ability to turn out goods quickly in large quantities

A

Mass production

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15
Q

skilled workers who operated machines

A

mechanics

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16
Q

believes that too much immigration would destroy American institutions

A

Nativists

17
Q

idea that America was built on a foundation of agriculture

A

Nature’s Nation

18
Q

built the steam-driven locomotive

A

Peter Cooper

19
Q

gave American manufacturers an edge in the market

A

protective tariffs

20
Q

made many homes a workshop; workers made items in their homes

A

Putting out system

21
Q

most significant development of Transportation Revolution; greatest boost to the economy

A

railroads

22
Q

rapid widespread change

A

revolution

23
Q

entire families were recruited to work in factories

A

Rhode Island System

24
Q

built the water-frame

A

Richard Arkwright

25
Q

proved a steam vessel could earn a profit (person)

A

Robert Fulton

26
Q

opened the first cotton spinning factory in America

A

Samuel Slater

27
Q

first non-foot form of travel in New York City

A

Stagecoach

28
Q

crowded city housing

A

Tenements

29
Q

building of many new roads, canals, and railroads

A

Transportation Revolution

30
Q

Western cities

A

Urban Frontier