Era of Good Feeling up to Jacksonian dem

Question 1

When and What was the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 1

1819. Missouri was to be admitted as a slave state, this would upset balance. Henry Clay suggests Maine be admitted as free state to balance. Boundary for slave states set at Missouri border, 36’30

Question 2

What were 5 important contributors to the growing economy of the 1820’s?

Answer 2

Cotton. Eli Whitney cotton gin
Fishing and Whaling
Lumber 
Fur TRade
Trade w/ spanish in Santa Fe TRail

Question 3

What were 3 major contributors to the transportation revolution?

Answer 3

Steamboat fueled river traffic.
National road and road building
Erie canal 1825 and canal systems

Question 4

What were contributions/ significance of NY becoming largest city? When?

Answer 4

1830. Packet boat helps rationalize commerce. NY dominated market for cotton, reduces south to economic colony

Question 5

When and where and who was the first cotton manufacturing plant built?

Answer 5

Boston, 1813, Samuel Slater

Question 6

What was the Lowell Labor system?

Answer 6

young women worked in factories and lived in dormitories w/in the mill. They earned low wages and dealt with poor conditions. Some worked for a dowry. Only worked a short time and thus did not protest the conditions.

Question 7

Who was Washington Irving?

Answer 7

Native American writer, told folk tales and portraits of Hudson River characters

Question 8

What spurred the Second GReat Awakening? What were some of its focal points?

Answer 8

Spurred in reaction to rationalism movement. Focused on heart felt evangelicalism, personal salvation. Women and Black people were heavily involved, strong nationalism overtones