Chapter 7

Question 0

supervisor or overseer of a work gang

Answer 0

driver

Question 1

owner of a large plantation

Answer 1

planter

Question 2

an engine that quickly and effectively combs out sees from coton

Answer 2

cotton gin

Question 3

identical parts that are used to assemble finished products

Answer 3

interchangeable parts

Question 4

ordinary farmer, small farms

Answer 4

yeoman farmer

Question 5

a tax designed to help American manufacturers (tax on imports)

Answer 5

protective tariff

Question 6

a tax designed to generate income for the government

Answer 6

revenue tariff

Question 7

increase in manufacturing and development

Answer 7

Industrial Revolution

Question 8

code to send messages across telegraph lines

Answer 8

morse code

Question 9

Creeks who moved to Florida (means “runaway”)

Answer 9

Seminole

Question 10

Who was the senator who introduced the idea for the Second Bank of the US?

Answer 10

John C. Calhoun

Question 11

What was the nickname for James Monroe’s presidency?

Answer 11

Era of Good Feelings

Question 12

What was the name of the first locomotive to transport passengers in the US?

Answer 12

Tom Thumb

Question 13

What became the primary crop in the south during this time period?

Answer 13

cotton

Question 14

What was the northern economy base on?

Answer 14

manufacturing

Question 15

What was the southern economy based on?

Answer 15

agriculture

Question 16

What transportation project connected Albany and Buffalo New York? (waterway)

Answer 16

Erie Canal

Question 17

Who invented the telegraph?

Answer 17

Samuel Morse

Question 18

What did McCulloh v. Maryland establish?

Answer 18

The Bank of the US was constitutional

Question 19

What accounted for 2/3 of US exports in 1860?

Answer 19

cotton

Question 20

Who invented the steamboat?

Answer 20

Robert Fulton

Question 21

Who invented the cotton gin?

Answer 21

Eli Whitney

Question 22

What made steamboats such a transformational invention?

Answer 22

easier transportation on rivers

could travel upstream

Question 23

What year did Alabama become a state?

Answer 23

1922

Question 24

What number of state was Alabama admitted into the union?

Answer 24

22nd

Question 25

Describe the Adams-Onis Treaty.

Answer 25

The US gets Florida from Spain

John Quincy Adams

Question 26

Describe the task system of slavery.

Answer 26

small farms, given a task to complete everyday, some could earn extra money if they finished their task

Question 27

Describe the gang system of slavery

Answer 27

large plantations, worked sun up to sun down, worked by an overseer or or driver in agriculture

Question 28

Who was Andrew Jackson? What events was he involved in?

Answer 28

A general who led attacks on Seminoles in Flordia. He took several Spanish cities while there.

Question 29

Who was Nat Turner? What event(s) was he involved in?

Answer 29

A preacher and slave who lead a revolt that resulted in the deaths of 55 whites

Question 30

Who was Denmark Vesey? What event(s) was he involved in?

Answer 30

a free, african-american who was accused of planning a rebellion ad was executed. The revolt never occurred.

Question 31

Who was Eli Whitney? What event(s) was he involved in?

Answer 31

He invented the cotton gin which caused the south to grow more cotton, which increased the need for slaves.

Question 32

How did the cotton gin change cotton production?

Answer 32

The cotton gin made it easier and faster to clean cotten. This caused more people to grow cotton which caused a greater need for slaves.

Question 33

List the 4 provisions of the Monroe Doctrine we discussed in class.

Answer 33

1. US will stay out of European affairs.
2. Europe can keep current colonies.
3. Europeans need to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
4. If Europe doesn’t, it means war with the US.