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National Road

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connected Maryland & Illinois

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capitalism

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individuals & businesses own property & decide how to use it

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Miguel Hidalgo

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led movement for Mexican independence

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Daniel Boone

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early western pioneer; explored trail through Appalachian Mtns.

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election of 1816

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Monroe vs. nobody really; Era of Good Feelings

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Missouri Compromise

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MO as slave state; ME as free state; kept balance in Senate

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Lowell girls

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textile factory workers in Massachusetts

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census

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official count of the population every 10 years

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Robert Fulton

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designed the Clermont (steamboat)

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Eli Whitney

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invented the cotton gin

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Samuel Slater

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memorized design of British factories & machinery; brought them to New England

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New England waterpower

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needed to run factory machinery in New England & ship goods to market

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Henry Clay’s American system

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goal to improve economy in each section of the country; tariffs, internal improvements

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free enterprise system

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major elements are economic freedom, profit, private property, & competition

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New York canal

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Erie Canal to connect New York City to Great Lakes region

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Monroe Doctrine

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warned European nations to keep out of North & South America; U.S. would stay out of European conflicts

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Supreme Court in early 1800s

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3 decisions that favored strong federal govt.

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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ceded Florida to U.S. b/c Spain realized they weren’t strong enough & didn’t want war

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ESSAY: Why did the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. begin in New England?

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  • New England geography
  • poor soil=difficult to farm
  • rivers & streams for waterpower for factories
  • nearby ports to ship raw materials (cotton) in & finished products (cloth) out
  • people willing to move to cities from farms to work in factories

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