Chapter 11 Flashcards
What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?
Canals are artificial waterway
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?
Britain to the United States
What is capitalism?
economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry
What is money used for an investment?
Cost is set by supply and demand in a free enterprise system
What is a system where people are free to buy, sell, and produce what they want
and can work where they wish
Prices/cost is set by supply and demand in a free enterprise system
What sets the prices of goods in a free enterprise system?
Competition,profit,private property,economic freedom
What is technology?
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?
Patent give investors legal rights to the inventon
Who invented the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Who opened the first textile mill in the US?
Samuel slater
What happened to demand for cotton as a result of textile mill growth in New
England
As textile mils were growing in New England, demand for cotton grow
What was the cause of the growth of cities and towns in the North?
The growth of factories in the north also results in the growth of cities and towns
What is the difference between urban and rural?
Rural or urban depending on the density of human created structures and residents people
What were the three things necessary for Western Expansion in the United States?
Roads,steamboat, canal
Who led a failed expedition into Kentucky, but wrote journal writings that would
help future explorers settle there
William Blount
Who was the first permanent European settler in modern day Tennessee?
Daniel Boone
Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?
The wilderness roads aided the early exploration of Tennessee because it made passing through the mountains easier
What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of
Tennessee
Wildness explorer for at least 6 moths at a time
Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?
Daniel Donne
Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?
Rocky Mountain
Who was the first person to be voted in as a Senator from Tennessee?
John sevier
What was important about John Sevier?
He is a first government
What is a long hunter?
It a turnpikes
What is a turnpike?
Private companies
What road became important to the development of Tennessee because it allowed
farmers to get back to middle Tennessee after selling crops?
The natches trace became an important
Who created the first steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?
The clermant
What canal connected Albany to Buffalo and opened up New York to even more
trade opportunities?
Canal is the Erie Canal. It was built to connect Albany
Who was the President in 1817?
James Monroe
What was the Era of Good Feelings?
A time when political differences seem to fade away after the war 1812
Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?
Era didn’t lose long because the western
What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?
The Monroe
Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?
John Marshall
What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American
industry growth?
Tariff to stimulate the growth of American industries
What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?
The Missouri
What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?
Maryland
What was a court case over states rights that said that state governments could not
have power over the national government
Captitallis
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-onís
What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?
Meculloh
