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BJU American Republic 8th Grade > Chapter 11 Test > Flashcards

Chapter 11 Test Flashcards

1
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The series of trails that the Indians and travelers used

A

Great Wagon Road

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2
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The first highway federally funded in 1806

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National Road

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3
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Sharp sticks guarding roads

A

Turnpikes

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4
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The young engineer that invented a steamboat

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Robert Fulton

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5
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The canal that connected Lake Erie with Albany, New York

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Erie Canal

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6
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The first major trial of a railroad was conducted by:

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Peter Cooper

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7
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The function of the Postal Service where riders carried mail on horseback

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Pony Express

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8
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The inventor of the telegraph

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Samuel Morse

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9
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The system that collected many workers in one place, where they turned out many similar items in one day

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Factory System

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10
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The man that invented interchangeable parts

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Eli Whitney

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11
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Assembly of a product from identical pieces that are made with molds

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Interchangeable Parts

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12
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The English mechanic that saw one of the American advertisements and moved to America to build machines from England

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Samuel Slater

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13
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The man that organized a mill town for girls in Massachusetts

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Francis Lowell

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14
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The labor group that tried to help America achieve goals like free public education, ending imprisonment for failure to pay debts, establishing a ten-hour workday, and ending child labor

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Labor Union

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15
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The inventor of the steel plow

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John Deere

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16
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The inventor of a reaper, a machine for cutting and harvesting grain

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Cryus McCormick

17
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A machine used to separate the seeds from cotton

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Cotton Gin

18
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The first American captain to circumnavigate the earth

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Captain Robert Gray

19
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The man that took several warships to Japan and tried to secure a trade treaty by threatening the Japanese

A

Commodore Matthew Perry

20
Q

The Great Showman that ran a traveling circus

A

P. T. Barnum

21
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A persuasive preacher and writer. Also a Unitarian

A

William Channing

22
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The religion that denies the Trinity

A

Unitarianism

23
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The religion that placed a great emphasis on emotion and intuition

A

Romanticism

24
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Two of the most popular transcendentalists

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Henry Thoreau & Ralph Emerson

25
Q

The president of Yale college

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Timothy Dwight

26
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The evangelist in Connecticut

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Asahel Nettleton

27
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A famous revivalist that sacrificed key doctrines to appeal to his audiences

A

Charles Finney

28
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Places where hundreds of people gathered in a central location and pitched their tents for days or weeks to hear about the revival

A

Camp Meetings

29
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The developer of public high schools

A

Horace Mann

30
Q

Two of the most famous female abolitionists

A

Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Stanton

BJU American Republic 8th Grade (14 decks)

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