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1
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Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?

A

N.E

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2
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What is capitalism?

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U.S economic system

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3
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What is money used for an investment?

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A capital

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4
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What is a system where people are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want
and can work where they wish?

A

Free enterprice system

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5
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What sets the prices of goods in a free enterprise system?

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Supply and demand

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6
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What is technology?

A

Any thing that makes work easier

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7
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What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?

A

Patents

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8
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Who invented the Cotton Gin?

A

Eli whittney

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9
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Who opened the first textile mill in the US?

A

Samuel slater

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10
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What happened to demand for cotton as a result of textile mill growth in New
England?

A

Grew with it

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11
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What was the cause of the growth of cities and towns in the North?

A

Growth of factories

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12
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What is the difference between urban and rural?

A

Urban - city

Rural - contry

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13
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What were the three things necessary for Western Expansion in the United States?

A

Roads
Steamboats
Canals

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Who led a failed expedition into Kentucky, but wrote journal writings that would
help future explorers settle there?

A

Dr. Thomas Walker

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15
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Who was the first permanent European settler in modern day Tennessee?

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William bean

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Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?

A

Allowed path to be made

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17
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What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of
Tennessee?

A

Aided early exploration

18
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Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?

A

Daniel boone and thirty six fosters

19
Q

Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?

A

Rocky mount

20
Q

Who was the first person to be voted in as a Senator from Tennessee?

A

Willam blount

21
Q

What was important about John Sevier?

A

1st governor of TN

22
Q

What is a long hunter?

A

Someone who leavesforna long peirod of time

23
Q

What is a turnpike?

A

Toll road

24
Q

What road became important to the development of Tennessee because it allowed
farmers to get back to middle Tennessee after selling crops?

A

Natches trace

25
Q

Who created the first steamboat?

A

Robert fulton

26
Q

Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?

A

Goods and passengers

27
Q

What are artificial waterways?

A

Canals

28
Q

What canal connected Albany to Buffalo and opened up New York to even more
trade opportunities?

A

Eerie canal

29
Q

Who was the President in 1817?

A

James monroe

30
Q

What was the Era of Good Feelings?

A

Political diffrences seemed to fade

31
Q

Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?

A

Western expansion and sectionalism

32
Q

What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?

A

Sectionalism

33
Q

Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?

A

Jhon c callhoun

34
Q

What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American
industry growth?

A

American system

35
Q

What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?

A

Missouri comprimise

36
Q

What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?

A

Maine and missouri

37
Q

What was a court case over states rights that said that state governments could not
have power over the national government?

A

Mc cough vs maryland

38
Q

Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the rulings of Marbury v.
Madison and McCulloh v. Maryland?

A

Jhon marshall

39
Q

What treaty was an example of America’s military strength and allowed Florida to
become part of the country?

A

Adams onis

40
Q

What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?

A

Monroe poloicy

41
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What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?

A

Industrial revolution.

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