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1
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What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?

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Canals are artificial waterway

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Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?

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Britain to the United States

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What is capitalism?

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economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry

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What is money used for an investment?

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Cost is set by supply and demand in a free enterprise system

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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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Prices/cost is set by supply and demand in a free enterprise system

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

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Competition,profit,private property,economic freedom

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What is technology?

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the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.

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What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?

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Patent give investors legal rights to the inventon

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9
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Who invented the Cotton Gin

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Eli Whitney

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Who opened the first textile mill in the US?

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Samuel slater

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

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As textile mils were growing in New England, demand for cotton grow

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

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The growth of factories in the north also results in the growth of cities and towns

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What is the difference between urban and rural?

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Rural or urban depending on the density of human created structures and residents people

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

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Roads,steamboat, canal

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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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William Blount

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

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Daniel Boone

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Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?

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The wilderness roads aided the early exploration of Tennessee because it made passing through the mountains easier

18
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What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of
Tennessee

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Wildness explorer for at least 6 moths at a time

19
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Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?

A

Daniel Donne

20
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Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?

A

Rocky Mountain

21
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Who was the first person to be voted in as a Senator from Tennessee?

A

John sevier

22
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What was important about John Sevier?

A

He is a first government

23
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What is a long hunter?

A

It a turnpikes

24
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What is a turnpike?

A

Private companies

25
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What road became important to the development of Tennessee because it allowed
farmers to get back to middle Tennessee after selling crops?

A

The natches trace became an important

26
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Who created the first steamboat?

A

Robert Fulton

27
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Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?

A

The clermant

28
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What canal connected Albany to Buffalo and opened up New York to even more
trade opportunities?

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Canal is the Erie Canal. It was built to connect Albany

29
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Who was the President in 1817?

A

James Monroe

30
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What was the Era of Good Feelings?

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A time when political differences seem to fade away after the war 1812

31
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Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?

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Era didn’t lose long because the western

32
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What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?

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The Monroe

33
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Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?

A

John Marshall

34
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What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American
industry growth?

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Tariff to stimulate the growth of American industries

35
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What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?

A

The Missouri

36
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What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?

A

Maryland

37
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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

A

Captitallis

38
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Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the rulings of Marbury v.
Madison and McCulloh v. Maryland

A

John Marshall

39
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What treaty was an example of America’s military strength and allowed Florida to
become part of the country?

A

Adams-onís

40
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What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?

A

Meculloh

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