Chapter 11 Flashcards
Samuel Slater
Spinning Jenny
Robert Fulton
Steamboat engine
Samuel F.B. Morse
Telegraph
John Deere
The Plow
List 4 reasons factories began in the New England states
Fast moving water, willing labor force, ocean access, ships
How much of the south’s population in the 1840s was enslaved African Americans
92%
List 6 effects Nat Turners rebellion had
200 Blacks killed, free blacks can’t own weapons/liquor, no religious services, south worried, north and south tensions increase
What main 3 actions did American system have
Protective tariff, national back, transportation system
In 1841 the nation Rd. Was extended to what city and state
Vandalia, Illinois
What was the period of time between 1825 and 1850 known as
Age of canals
What improved water transportation
Canals, Erie Canal helped New York grow
Which agreement between the US and Britain limited each other’s naval force on the Great Lakes?
Rush bagot agreement
What 2 things were stated in the Adams-onis treaty
US gain Florida and Oregon country
Define sectionalism
Loyalty to interest to your own region, rather than the nation as a whole
List 3 parts of the Missouri compromise
MO. Have slavery, Maine for free blacks, 30 36’ line
List three things Monroe stated in the Monroe Doctrine
Closed further colonization, no entering in European affairs
Eli Whitney
Interchange parts, cotton gin
Leland Stanford
Business tycoon, co-founder of central pacific, creator of Stanford University
Singer and Howe
Made sewing machine in 1840s
Transatlantic Cable
Cable under sea for communication
Regional specialization
East-> Industrial, South-> Cotton/slaves, West-> Nation’s “breadbasket”
Define industrial revolution
Factories, quicker
Three inventions that helped improve farming
John Deere and the plow, Reaper (by McCormick), Threshing Machine
Workingman’s party
1829, by Robert dale, unions usually local, social, weak
