Chapter 11 Flashcards
What road became important to the development of Tennessee because it allowed farmers to get back to middle Tennessee after selling crops?
Natchez Trace
What are artificial waterways?
Canals
What is capitalism?
Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit
What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?
Monroe Doctrine
What is a system where people are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want
and can work where they wish?
Free enterprise/ Free Market System
What sets the prices of goods in a free enterprise system?
Supply and demand
What is technology?
Scientific discoveries that simplify work
What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?
Patents
What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?
The Missouri Compromise
What was the cause of the growth of cities and towns in the North?
Growth of Factories
What is the difference between urban and rural?
Urban- city
Rural- Country
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
City
Urban
Who opened the first textile mill in the US?
Samuel Slater
Country
Rural
What were the three things necessary for Western Expansion in the United States?
Roads, Steamboats, Canals
Who led a failed expedition into Kentucky, but wrote journal writings that would
help future explorers settle there?
Dr. Thomas Walker
Who was the first permanent European settler in modern day Tennessee?
William Bean
Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?
Allowed a path to to be created that made passing though Appalachians Mountains easier
What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of
Tennessee?
Aided early exploration of Tennessee because it made passing through mountains easier and opened doors for more settlement
Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road
Daniel Boone
Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?
Rocky Mount
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?
New England
What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?
McCulloch v. Maryland
What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?
Industrial revolution
Who was the first person to be voted in as a Senator from Tennessee?
William Blount
What was important about John Sevier?
First Governor of Tennessee
What is a long hunter?
An American wilderness explorer for at least 6 months at a time
What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?
Sectionalism
What is a turnpike?
Toll roads
Who created the first steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What happened to demand for cotton as a result of textile mill growth in New
England?
Demand grew
What canal connected Albany to Buffalo and opened up New York to even more
trade opportunities?
Erie Canal
Who was the President in 1817?
James Monroe
What was the Era of Good Feelings?
Political differences seemed to fade away after the War of 1812
Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?
Goods and passengers
Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?
Western Expansion of US led to increased sectionalism
What is money used for an investment?
Capital
What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American
industry growth?
The American System
What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri and Maine
Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?
John C. Calhoun
Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the rulings of Marbury v.
Madison and McCulloh v. Maryland?
John Marshall
What treaty was an example of America’s military strength and allowed Florida to
become part of the country?
Adams-Onis Treaty
