Chapter 9 Flashcards
The Market Revolution
Brought on by innovations in transportation and communication; Average american household has a hard time getting products to the market
Steam engine/Steam Boat
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid; Robert Guy?
Erie Canal
Connected New York to the Great Lakes for trade
Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse- invented this in NYC in 1830- commercial use by 1844; 50,000 miles had been strung; Used mostly by newspapers and businesses at first; Uniform prices for goods and faster flow of information
Cotton Kingdom
A small industrial revoluton spreads from England to US; Factories in the North begin producing cotton textiles; Demand for cotton increases and south is best suited for growing it
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented this to remove seeds from cotton- makes production faster and revives slavery in the south
Porkopolis
pork production in Cincinnati was big business. In the 1840 – ‘60’s, hogs ran the streets of downtown as they were herded into one of the 48 pork-packing warehouses located there at the time.
American System of Manufactures
a set of manufacturing methods that evolved in the 19th century. The two notable features were the extensive use of interchangeable parts and mechanization for production, which resulted in more efficient use of labor compared to hand methods.
Mill Girls
Women and children worked in factories for long hours with little pay and poor conditions. Factories often attempted to draw people in by making their institutions look good
Potato Famine
Period where potatoes wouldn’t grow in Ireland and people were starving. They came to the US to find work and food
Nativism/Nativists
Immigrants were feared and considered dangerous- like the Irish when they came after the famine
Manifest Destiny
the US has a divine destiny to occupy all of North America
Transcendentalism
humans are fundamentally good but corrupted by society and that they should therefore strive for independence and self-reliance.
Second Great Awakening
Protestant religious revival in the United States from about 1795 to 1835. During this revival, meetings were held in small towns and large cities throughout the country, and the unique frontier institution known as the camp meeting began
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints/Mormons
Joseph Smith found gold plates and told people to believe him about what they said, but he couldn’t show them. Source: Trust me guys. Somehow, people believed him and now they live in their promised land of Salt Lake City, Utah.
