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Chapter 11 - Changing American Life Flashcards

1
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Who cut the Wilderness Road through Kentucky?

A

Daniel Boone

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2
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Who conducted the first major trial of a railroad?

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Peter Cooper

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3
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Who discovered the Cumberland Gap?

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Thomas Walker

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4
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Who invented the telegraph?

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Samuel Morse

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5
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Who built the Clermont, making steamboat travel popular?

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Robert Fulton

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6
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True or False? The National Road was the first federally funded highway.

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True

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True or False? The most famous canal, the Hudson Canal, connected Lake Erie with Albany, New York, on the Hudson River.

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False

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True or False? The greatest problem for canals was competition from the new railroads.

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True

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9
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A(n) _________________ is a shallow, manmade water highway that connects two bodies of water.

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canal

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10
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The __________________, another innovation in communication, replaced the pony express.

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telegraph

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11
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Who put a steel blade on the plow?

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John Deere

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12
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Who invented the sewing machine?

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Elias Howe

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13
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Who organized a mill town for girls in Massachusetts?

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Francis Cabot Lowell

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14
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What was an English mechanic who made factory machinery in Rhode Island?

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Samuel Slater

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15
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Who created interchangeable factory parts and the cotton gin?

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Eli Whitney

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True or False? Charles Finney was the most famous revivalist of the Second Great Awakening.

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True

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17
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True or False? Romanticism placed a great emphasis on emotion and intuition.

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True

18
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True or False? Commodore Perry took several warships to force a trade treaty with the Chinese.

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False

19
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The ____________________ system collected many workers in one place, where they turned out many similar items in one day.

A

factory

20
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The ____________________ was a new type of sailing vessel designed for increased speeds.

A

clipper

21
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Who was Asahel Nettleton?

A

A revivalist

22
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Who was Francis Cabot Lowell?

A

An industrialist

23
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Who was Horace Mann?

A

He liked reform movements.

24
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Who was Timothy Dwight?

A

A revivalist

25
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Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?

A

A transcendentalist

26
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Who was William Ellery Channing

A

A Unitarianist

27
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True or False? Large revival gatherings in western areas such as Kentucky and Tennessee were called camp meetings.

A

True

28
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True or False? Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were famous female abolitionist who organized the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights.

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True

29
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True or False? Realism was a movement in literature that placed a great emphasis on emotion.

A

False

30
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True or False? During this period, most immigrants came to America from Ireland and France.

A

False

31
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True or False? Workers formed labor unions to promote their goals for labor reforms.

A

True

32
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True or False? Americans expanded their sea trade to include China, Japan, and Sumatra.

A

True

33
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True or False? The Second Great Awakening was a partial result of changes occurring in American colleges.

A

True

34
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True or False? Turnpikes were a very profitable business that private companies maintained for years.

A

False

35
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True or False? Industrial growth in the early 1800s occurred extensively in the South.

A

False

36
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True or False? American ships that traded with Asia also helped the United States lay claim to the Pacific coast of North America.

A

True

37
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True or False? A major function of the early telegraph network was to keep canal traffic coordinated.

A

False

38
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Who ultimately maintained the roads and turnpikes?

A

The states

39
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Why were people so willing to work in the factories even though the working conditions were not the best?

A

They couldn’t farm in the north because the soil was so bad.

40
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What is the Second Great Awakening?

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