Chapter 11 Flashcards
Sectionalism
Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
Patent
Sole legal rights to an invention and its profits
Cede
To transfer or control something
Cotton Gin
A machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
Free Enterprise
A type of economy in which people and businesses are free to buy, sell and produce whatever they want with a minimum of government interference
Canal
An artificial waterway
Monopoly
A market where there is only one supplier of a good or service
Interstate Commerce
Economic activity between 2 or more states
Interchangeable Part
A machine part that can be easily replaces by a identical part
Capitalism
An economic system in which private citizens and companies own the means of production
What was the Industrial Revolution?
An era in which many inventors made inventions that revolutionized many things
What was the Factory System?
A machine that could help build machines more efficently
Who invented the Eerie Canal?
Dewitt Clinton
Who invented the Steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Who invented the factory system?
Francis Cabot Lowell
Who invented the Steam Engine?
Peter Cooper
Who invented the Water Powered Spinning Mill?
Samuel Slater
What did the invention of the Cotton Gin lead to?
More slaves being needed
What were the impacts of the Erie Canal on the US and New York?
Faster, cheaper, and more efficient shipping and transportation
What was the American System and what did it show?
It said that the north had more factories and the south had more agriculture, this shows that they would slowly grow apart as the south was pro-slavery and the north was anti-slavery
What did the United States gain in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819?
Florida from Spain
The Monroe Doctrine warned Europe about what?
Moving into the western hemisphere
Why did Henry Clay propose the Missouri Compromise?
To settle disunion
