chapter 11 (new semester) Flashcards
- Built the Clermont
robert fulton
- Invented the telegraph
samuel moons
Developed interchangeable parts and invented the cotton gin
eli whitney
Patented a sewing machine with a foot pedal
issac singer
Developed a plow with a steel blade
John Deer
Developed a reaper for cutting and harvesting grain
Sirus mccorick
Opened American trade with Japan
matthew perry
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 __________.
steamboat river travel
The invention of the _____ led most directly to the end of the Pony Express.
telegraph
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 _____
south/north
To keep from losing its industrial advantage over America, which country prohibited the export of machinery to America?
britain
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 _______
cotten gin
A major reason for the large number of Irish immigrants to America was a ______________in Ireland.
potato famine
Christianity in many New England churches was replaced with_______________, whichdenied the doctrine of the Trinity.
Unitarianism
The major north-south road that ran from Pennsylvania to Georgia that was once called the Great Warrior’s Path was the_____________ Road..
great wagon
The natural passage through the Cumberland Mountains was named the__________.
Cumberland gap
The woodsman who cut a road into Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap was ______.
davy crokett
The_____________________Road extended the Great Wagon Road across the state of Kentucky.
wilderness
The first nationally funded road, which started in Maryland and ran east to west, was the _____________ Road.
cumberland road
Private companies built toll roadscalled____________
turnpikes
The Clermont was a __________________ that was able to travel upstream much more quickly.
steamboat
A shallow man-made water highway is a __________________.
canal
Compartments on water passageways that could be opened and shut were called_______.
locks
The construction of the____________________ in New York began a period of canal buildingin America which lasted into the 1840s.
erie canal
The system of delivering mail from Missouri to California using young riders on horseback wasthe______________________.
pony express
The Englishman who came to America and built factory machines was ___________.
samuel slater
Parts of a device that could be replaced by identical parts were called________________parts.
interchangeable parts
The production of goods in large quantities is ______________production
mass
Groups of workers who organized to obtain better pay and working conditions were called _____.
labor unions
A new type of sailing vessel designed for increased speeds was the ______.
clipper
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.
transcendentalism
A major religious revival known as the ______________________ happened inAmerica in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
second great awakening
Hundreds of people would gather in a central location for days or weeks at ______meetings to listen to preachers and sing.
camp meeting
A revivalist preacher who reached large crowds through publicity and special techniques was ____.
charles finney
A leader of the movement for tax-supported public schools was ________.
horrace mann
Those who wanted to end the practice of slavery were called_______.
abohilianlist
Two female abolitionists who called for women’s rights were Lucretia Mott and
elizabeth cady stannton
The _______________ Convention met in 1848 to discuss women’s right
seneca falls
One woman who worked for the treatment of the mentally ill was ___________.
dorothea
What three disadvantages did canals have that led to the end of the canal age?
expensive to build and maintain, can’t compete again railroads
In what two ways did the telegraph aid the railroad industry and transform communication?
helped trains operate more safely
Identify three positive results and three negative results of the Industrial Revolution in America
new operations and interoperates to make work easier
What type of changes did the Second Great Awakening bring?
caused Americans to reflect
