Free Enterprise System/Misc.
How did the Free Enterprise system impact the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.?
What is it encouraged competition, which lowered prices for consumers?
Eli Whitney's cotton gin had what effect on slavery?
What is it increased demand for slave labor and increased cotton production in the South?
What did the Monroe Doctrine (1823) prohibit?
What is European colonization and interference in the Western Hemisphere?
What was the major cause of the War of 1812?
What is the impressment of American sailors by the British navy?
Urbanization is...
What is the movement of people from rural areas (farms) to cities?
True or False? A free enterprise economic system has massive government control of the entire production process.
What is FALSE?
A free enterprise economic system has little to no governmental involvement.
Which Industrial Revolution invention improved river transportation and allowed trade to expand at a lower cost?
What is the steamboat?
How did the construction of the Erie Canal impact the northeast region of the US?
What is
1. It encouraged the growth of cities along the canal route, and
2. It connected the Great Lakes region to the Atlantic Ocean and opened up trade and commerce b/w the two regions.
How did the War of 1812 affect the development of the US economy?
What is it encouraged the growth of US domestic manufacturing?
A new invention or a new way of thinking is known as an...
What is an innovation?
What is the pillar of the Free Enterprise system that states that the consumer (customer) has power over the economy?
What is the pillar of Customer Sovereignty?
How did the Mississippi River impact the Industrial Revolution in the United States?
What is by being used to transport raw materials and manufactured goods?
Who was the president when the Erie Canal was completed in 1825?
Who was John Quincy Adams?
What was the most famous battle of the War of 1812 and made a hero out of Andrew Jackson?
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
Industrialization is...
What is a change from farming to manufacturing?
What is the pillar of the Free Enterprise system that states that people go into business in order to make money?
What is the pillar of Profit Motive?
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the United States?
What is it led to faster, cheaper, and more efficient production of goods?
Who was president during the "Era of Good Feelings?"
Who was James Monroe?
What was the name of the First Lady who rescued national items from the White House as the British were burning it during the War of 1812?
Who was Dolley Madison?
A textile mill is...
What is a cloth factory?
In what region of the United States were most factories located?
What is the Northeast?
What Industrial Revolution invention made mass production and factory work more efficient?
What are Interchangable Parts?
What was significant about the McCullough v. Maryland Supreme Court case?
What is the case confirmed that federal laws were supreme over state or local laws?
Who was the author of the poem which eventually became the Star-Spangled Banner (our national anthem)?
Who was Francis Scott Key?
An economy with limited government regulation, competition, and entrepreneurs is known as...
What is the free enterprise system?