American Population
What factors helped immigration growth ?
a) reduced transportation cost
b) fewer wars in Europe
c) Economic growth
d) all Above ?
d) all Above
Nativism was the result of ___________
racism, prejudice, worried about cheaper labor
The 350ft ________ Canal was considered the greatest construction project of the US and would make it able for a direct water route for goods
Erie
Samuel F. B. Morse invented the __________
Telegraph
___________began to develop rapidly, under which a group could secure the formation by merely paying a fee.
Corporation
White women had, on average, bore _____ children
a) 4.24
b) 6.14
c) 5.35
b) 6.14
Immigrants mostly voted _____________
Democratic
The Erie Canal was considered a financial success and the tolls repaid the cost with ________ years (3, 5, 7)
7
Publishers around the nation formed the _____________ to promote cooperative news gathering by wire
Associated Press
______ replaced wood and water power as fuel for many factories
Coal
The Irish immigrants were mostly young ____________ who were unskilled and stayed more in the cities.
women
Out of this Nativism, the political party called ____________ was formed
"Know - Nothings"
The canal system, besides transporting goods, opens up the ______________ for migrants by making the journey easier. (Northwest, Midwest)
Northwest
Most of the major magazines and newspapers were in the _____________ reinforcing the South's sense of subjugation
North
__________ came to the shoe industry and allowed manufacturers to produce mass quantities
Factories
By 1860 the American population was larger than the country of ____________
Britain
The Know-Nothings casting a large vote in the states of _________.
Pennsylvania, New York
The trend toward consolidation of short lines into longer lines (known as ____________ lines) was what helped the sectional alignments of the trains
Trunk
The telegraph ___________ of constructing wire systems made the Morse telegraph system ideal answer to problems of long-distance communication
low cost
_____________, introduced decades earlier by Eli Whitney and Simeon North, found its way into industries to revolutionize watch & clock making, the development of steam engines and farm tools
interchangeable parts
Overwhemingly, immigrants came from the countries of __________ & __________
Ireland & Germany
Catholics or foreign born
Financing came from multiple sources - private and public. But the biggest source of support from the gov't came from public ___________
land grants
The largest newspapers in circulation at the time were the _____________ (name one)
Tribune, Herald, Times
Charles Goodyear