Chapter 11 Growth And Expansion

Question 1

What is capitalism?

Answer 1

Individuals put their capital into a business in hopes of making a profit

Question 2

What is money used for an investment?

Answer 2

Capital

Question 3

What is a system where people are free to buy,sell,and produce what they want and work where they wish?

Answer 3

Free Enterprise/Free Market

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Supply and Demand

Question 5

What is technology?

Answer 5

Scientific discoveries that simplify work

Question 6

What gives inventors legal rights to their inventions?

Answer 6

Patents

Question 7

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

Answer 7

Eli Whitney

Question 8

Who opened the first textile mill in the US?

Answer 8

Samuel Slater

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Demand for cotton grew

Question 10

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

Answer 10

The growth of factories

Question 11

What is the difference between urban and rural?

Answer 11

Urban is city and Rural is country

Question 12

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

Answer 12

~Roads
~Steamboats
~Canals

Question 13

Who led a failed expedition into Kentucky,but wrote journal writings that would help explorers settle there?

Answer 13

Dr.Thomas

Question 14

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

Answer 14

William Bean

Question 15

Why was the Cumberland Gap important to the Wilderness Road?

Answer 15

Allowed for a path to be created that made passing the Appalachian Mountains easier

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Aided the early exploration of Tennessee because it made passing through the mountains easier and opened the door for more settlement