Expansion of the Early United States Flashcards
What established America according to ‘Farmer Boy?’
It was the farmer with his axe and plow.
What are the Free Institutions?
The ideas of having religion the most important, and working with it to make freedom of speech and worship.
What were we ‘made for’ according to the men in Early America?
People thought that we were made for the garden, and working with nature.
What kind of land was wanted for America?
Free land was wanted, land that was unproduced and ideal for independent family life.
Why did the American population multiply so much?
It was because land was so cheap, and so many people could make self-sustaining homes far away.
How many acres were sold by 1819?
6,000,000 acres were sold to people for just 2$ per acre.
What was the downside of this cheap land?
The government made no ‘improvements’ to the land, so settlers had to make roads and hospitals and such on their own.
How many states were created in just 40 years of expansion?
11 States.
What did John Deere invent?
He invented the first steel plow for farming.
What did John Smithson do?
He was very rich, and he spent a lot of money building the Smithsonian for Sciences and such.
What did Cyrus McCormick invent?
He invented the Mass Reaper, his original design could harvest an acre of oats in just 20 minutes.
How much more food was produced thanks to these new tools?
There were on average 6-8 more bushels of food per acre.
What type of power did America start using?
We started using Steam Power.
What is the U.S. Patent Office?
A place where you could patent your invention to make it officially yours.
How did the number of Patents being made change?
In the beginning, it was only at about 77 new patents a year, but in 1850, 28000 patents were made!
