Chapter 11 Flashcards
What was the change from an agrarian society to one based on industry?
Industrial revolution
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?
New England
What is capitalism?
Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit
What is money used for an investment?
Capital
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
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
It grew
What was the cause of the growth of cities and towns in the North?
The growth of factories
What is the difference between urban and rural?
Urban is city, rural is country
What were the three things necessary for Western Expansion in the United States?
Roads, steamboats, and 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 for a path to be created that made passing through the Appalachian Mountains easier
What was the importance of the Wilderness Road to the development of
Tennessee?
Aided the early exploration of Tennessee
Who blazed the trail for the Wilderness Road?
Daniel Boone and 30 foresters
Where was the first capital of the Southwest Territory?
Rocky Mount
Who was the first person to be voted in as a Senator from Tennessee?
William Blount
What was important about John Sevier?
He was the 1st governor of Tennessee
What is a long hunter?
An American wilderness explorer for at least 6 months at a time
What is a turnpike?
Toll Roads
What road became important to the development of Tennessee because it allowed farmers to get back to middle Tennessee after selling crops?
Natchez Trace
Who created the first steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Steamboats improved the transport of what two things?
Goods and passengers
What are artificial waterways?
Canals
What canal connected Albany to Buffalo and opened up New York to even more
trade opportunities?
Eerie Canal
Who was the President in 1817?
James Monroe
What was the Era of Good Feelings?
At time when political differences seemed to fade away after the war of 1812
Why did the Era of Good Feelings not last long?
The western expansion of the US led to increased sectionalism
What is the name for showing loyalty to a region?
Regionalism
Who was a chief supporter of state sovereignty?
John C. Calhoun
What was Henry Clay’s system that promoted tariffs to stimulate American
industry growth?
The American System
What helped preserve the balance between the North and the South?
The Missouri Compromise
What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?
Maine and Missouri
What was a court case over states rights that said that state governments could not
have power over the national government?
McCulloch VS. Maryland
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?
Onis Treaty
What statement was an important part of American foreign policy?
Monroe Doctorine
