History chapt. 12 Flashcards
Turnpike
toll road
Spinning Jenny
Invention that let a person spin several threads at once
Cumberland gap
road through the appalachian mountains for settlers moving into Tennessee and Kentucky
Lancaster Turnpike
road made of gravel and stones between Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania
corduroy road
log road
capitalist
person with money to invest in business to make profit
cotton gin
invention that speeded up the cleaning of cotton fibers
factory system
method of producing goods that brings workers and machines together in one place
Robert Fulton
invented the steamboat
interchangeable parts
identical parts of a tool or instrument that are made by machine
canal
channel dug and filled with water to allow ships to cross a stretch of land
Erie Canal
long canal that connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie
James Monroe
5th president of the United States
protective tariff
tax placed om goods from another coutnry
American System
Henry Clay’s system in which tariffs were kept high
Industrial revolution
in the 1800’s when AMERICA CHANGED THE WAY GOODS WERE PRODUCED
Monroe Doctrine
the presidents statement that European countries are not to interfere with the nations of Latin America
3 invention of the industrial revolution
cotton gin, power loom, spinning jenny, water frame, steam ships
John C. Calhoun
orator and congressman from Massachusetts
Era of Good Feeling
time period of James Monroes administration
The Industrial revolution brought changes
-machines not hand tools
-steam and electricity not human or animal power
-manufacturing not farming
-cities not farms
eli Whitney
invented the cotton gin and introduced the idea of interchangeable parts
Daniel Webster
Orator and congressman from Massachusetts
Henry Clay
orator and congressman from Kentucky
3 ways travel improved in the 1800’s
canals, steamships, roads, turnpikes, bridges
