chapter 11 (new semester)

Question 1

1. Built the Clermont

Answer 1

robert fulton

Question 2

2. Invented the telegraph

Answer 2

samuel moons

Question 3

Developed interchangeable parts and invented the cotton gin

Answer 3

eli whitney

Question 4

Patented a sewing machine with a foot pedal

Answer 4

issac singer

Question 5

Developed a plow with a steel blade

Answer 5

John Deer

Question 6

Developed a reaper for cutting and harvesting grain

Answer 6

Sirus mccorick

Question 7

Opened American trade with Japan

Answer 7

matthew perry

Question 8

Letters, newspapers, and other goods could be transported more easily to settlers in the West, river travel was no longer affected by bad weather, and trade between East and West became more profitable were benefits of the emergence of __________.

Answer 8

steamboat river travel

Question 9

The invention of the _____ led most directly to the end of the Pony Express.

Answer 9

telegraph

Question 10

There were fewer fast-flowing rivers in the South to power water wheels for machinery, the South was more reliant on agriculture than manufacturing, andSoutherners tended to invest their capital in land and slaves are reasons the _____________was less impacted by the Industrial Revolutionthan _____

Answer 10

south/north

Question 11

To keep from losing its industrial advantage over America, which country prohibited the export of machinery to America?

Answer 11

britain

Question 12

It made cotton production more profitable, it increased the demand for slaves, and it caused cotton production to grow rapidly are all true about the results of the invention of the _______

Answer 12

cotten gin

Question 13

A major reason for the large number of Irish immigrants to America was a ______________in Ireland.

Answer 13

potato famine

Question 14

Christianity in many New England churches was replaced with_______________, whichdenied the doctrine of the Trinity.

Answer 14

Unitarianism

Question 15

The major north-south road that ran from Pennsylvania to Georgia that was once called the Great Warrior’s Path was the_____________ Road..

Answer 15

great wagon

Question 16

The natural passage through the Cumberland Mountains was named the__________.

Answer 16

Cumberland gap

Question 17

The woodsman who cut a road into Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap was ______.

Answer 17

davy crokett

Question 18

The_____________________Road extended the Great Wagon Road across the state of Kentucky.

Answer 18

wilderness

Question 19

The first nationally funded road, which started in Maryland and ran east to west, was the _____________ Road.

Answer 19

cumberland road

Question 20

Private companies built toll roadscalled____________

Answer 20

turnpikes

Question 21

The Clermont was a __________________ that was able to travel upstream much more quickly.

Answer 21

steamboat

Question 22

A shallow man-made water highway is a __________________.

Answer 22

canal

Question 23

Compartments on water passageways that could be opened and shut were called_______.

Answer 23

locks

Question 24

The construction of the____________________ in New York began a period of canal buildingin America which lasted into the 1840s.

Answer 24

erie canal

Question 25

The system of delivering mail from Missouri to California using young riders on horseback wasthe______________________.

Answer 25

pony express

Question 26

The Englishman who came to America and built factory machines was ___________.

Answer 26

samuel slater

Question 27

Parts of a device that could be replaced by identical parts were called________________parts.

Answer 27

interchangeable parts

Question 28

The production of goods in large quantities is ______________production

Answer 28

mass

Question 29

Groups of workers who organized to obtain better pay and working conditions were called _____.

Answer 29

labor unions

Question 30

A new type of sailing vessel designed for increased speeds was the ______.

Answer 30

clipper

Question 31

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were followers of the philosophical movementknown as ____________________, which believed that people were basically good but hadbeen corrupted by society and could find truth on their own without Scripture.

Answer 31

transcendentalism

Question 32

A major religious revival known as the ______________________ happened inAmerica in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Answer 32

second great awakening

Question 33

Hundreds of people would gather in a central location for days or weeks at ______meetings to listen to preachers and sing.

Answer 33

camp meeting

Question 34

A revivalist preacher who reached large crowds through publicity and special techniques was ____.

Answer 34

charles finney

Question 35

A leader of the movement for tax-supported public schools was ________.

Answer 35

horrace mann

Question 36

Those who wanted to end the practice of slavery were called_______.

Answer 36

abohilianlist

Question 37

Two female abolitionists who called for women’s rights were Lucretia Mott and

Answer 37

elizabeth cady stannton

Question 38

The _______________ Convention met in 1848 to discuss women’s right

Answer 38

seneca falls

Question 39

One woman who worked for the treatment of the mentally ill was ___________.

Answer 39

dorothea

Question 40

What three disadvantages did canals have that led to the end of the canal age?

Answer 40

expensive to build and maintain, can’t compete again railroads

Question 41

In what two ways did the telegraph aid the railroad industry and transform communication?

Answer 41

helped trains operate more safely

Question 42

Identify three positive results and three negative results of the Industrial Revolution in America

Answer 42

new operations and interoperates to make work easier

Question 43

What type of changes did the Second Great Awakening bring?

Answer 43

caused Americans to reflect