Industriization Flashcards

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Industrialization

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Occurred primarily in north, machines replaced work people did, factory work was the most common work in the north, unskilled workers replaced skilled workers, women and children worked,

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Mass production

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Production of large amounts of manufactured goods aided by machines and interchangeable parts

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What was mass production aided by

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Interchangeable parts

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3 factors that led to Industrialization

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War of 1812: cause Americans couldn’t but goods from England they made them their self, Inventions: changed way manufactured goods were produced, improvements in transportation: goods could be shipped from east to west in short times

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Interchangeable parts

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Eli Whitney; parts that are exactly like another part

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Factory system

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Workers and machines work together under one roof

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Urbanization

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Factories were built in the cities as a result, many people moved to the cities

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Steam boat

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Fulton; allowed people and goods to travel upstream more quickly, farmers could ship crops more cheaply and manufactured goods shipped back to the farmers were much cheaper as well

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Steel plow and mechanical reaper

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Plow:Deere
Mechanical reaper: McCormick
Allowed farmers to more efficiently grow crops in the Midwest; grain sold to people in the cities

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Bessemer steel process

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A way to produce steel faster then before. Rapid steel production helped to feed the rapid growth of the railroads

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Effects of cotton gin

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Increased need for slaves, triggered move westward, planters grew more cotton, more natives were driven off their land

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McCulloch vs Maryland

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Supreme Court ruled that Maryland couldn’t tax a national bank; Marshall is cheif Justice

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Gibbons vs Ogden

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Supreme Court rules that interstate commerce could be regulated only by the federal government, not state governments. Marshall is the Chief Justice- Gibbeons wins

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Manifest destiny

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Phrase coined by John O’Sullivan
Idea held by many Americans that the US should extend from the west to the east. Americans believed that it was the right to have a Western lands. American Indians believe it was the right to defend their territory

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Causes of Mexican American war

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Texas statehood, rio grande vs Nueces River, manifest destiny, US desire for pacific ports

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Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo

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Ended the Mexican American war. Mexico ceded territory between Texas and Pacific ocean to the US , Mexico recognize Texas as part of the US

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Impact of Mexican American war

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Manifest destiny was complete, increased sectionalism, large population of Mexicans was introduced to the US-had important cultural and economic influence

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Mexican cession

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Territory ceded by Mexico to the US

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Gadsden purchase

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Squires by purchase from Mexico in 1853

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Mormons

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Moved west to escape religious persecution- settled in Utah

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Homestead act

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A family could attain a title to 160 acres of public land after clearing and improving it for 5 years

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Transcontinental railroad

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Railroad line that linked the well developed network on the east coast with California