Chapter 11 Flashcards
What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?
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Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?
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What is capitalism?
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What is money used for an investment?
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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?
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What sets the prices of goods in a free enterprise system?
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What is technology?
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What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?
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Who invented the Cotton Gin?
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Who opened the first textile mill in the US?
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What happened to demand for cotton as a result of textile mill growth in New
England?
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What was the cause of the growth of cities and towns in the North?
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What is the difference between urban and rural?
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What were the three things necessary for Western Expansion in the United States?
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Who led a failed expedition into Kentucky, but wrote journal writings that would
help future explorers settle there?
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Who was the first permanent European settler in modern day Tennessee?
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Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?
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What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of
Tennessee?
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Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?
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Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?
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Who was the first person to be voted in as a Senator from Tennessee?
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What was important about John Sevier?
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What is a long hunter?
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What is a turnpike?
Private toll road
What road became important to the development of Tennessee because it allowed
farmers to get back to middle Tennessee after selling crops?
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Who created the first steamboat?
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Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?
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What are artificial waterways?
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What canal connected Albany to Buffalo and opened up New York to even more
trade opportunities?
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Who was the President in 1817?
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What was the Era of Good Feelings?
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Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?
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What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?
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Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?
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What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American
industry growth?
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What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?
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What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?
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What was a court case over states rights that said that state governments could not
have power over the national government?
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Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the rulings of Marbury v.
Madison and McCulloh v. Maryland?
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What treaty was an example of America’s military strength and allowed Florida to
become part of the country?
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What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?
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