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What is the name of the inventor who created the cotton gin and the idea of interchangeable parts?
Who is Eli Whitney?
100
Who was the 5th President of the U.S.? Hint: Was in office during the Era of Good Feelings.
Who is James Monroe.
100
This is a man made or artificial waterway.
What is a canal
100
This idea proposed by Henry Clay led to the addition of Missouri and Maine as part of the United States.
What is The Missouri Compromise.
100
What is the name of the river that flows North through the heart of Rochester?
What is The Genesee River.
200
What did Robert Fulton do?
He built a steamboat known as the Clermont that successfully made the trip up the Hudson River from NYC to Albany in 32 Hours.
200
The person was the spokesperson for the West and proposed the American System as well as the Missouri Compromise?
Who is Henry Clay.
200
These were taxes passed on imported foods to help U.S. factories compete with British factories.
What is a Tariff.
200
This agreement took place between the United States and Great Britain following the War of 1812 and its goal was to eliminate both countries' navy stationed in the Great Lakes.
What is the Rush-Bagot Treaty.
200
The Erie Canal took this many years to complete.
What is 8 years.
300
Why were many new mills and factories built by rivers?
What is because water powered the water wheel which then powered the machines inside.
300
This person explored in Kentucky and helped build the Wilderness Road through the Appalachians.
Who is Daniel Boone.
300
These are identically made and can be easily replaced and improved manufacturing.
What are interchangeable parts.
300
This agreement took place in 1821, and Spain gave Florida to USA in exchange for $5 million.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty.
300
How does a tariff protect Americans manufacturers from foreign competition?
It raises the price of foreign goods so that people will be more likely to buy American made goods.
400
What is it called when all of the steps of manufacturing were put in one place?
What is the factory system.
400
This was the Governor of New York who was a strong supporter of the Erie Canal.
Who is DeWitt Clinton.
400
This is part of the economy in the United States that allows businesses to compete against one another.
What is Free Enterprise.
400
This created the border between the United States and Canada.
What is the Convention of 1818.
400
If one company such a McDonalds runs the fast food business and they do not allow any competition and can charge what ever they want what is this known as?
What is a monopoly.
500
Who was the gentleman that memorized the British machine designed and came to the United States to build his own mill?
Who is Samuel Slater
500
This person opened one of the first factories in Massachusetts.
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell.
500
The actions and words of Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay were representative of which vocabulary term?
What is sectionalism.
500
This was passed which served as a warning to European nations to stay out of the Americas, and also stated that the U.S. would not get involved in European affairs and would not interfere with any existing European colonies.
What is the Monroe Doctrine.
500
What was the agreement known as that drew a line at parallel 36°30′ north and what did it decide?
What is the Missouri Compromise, North of the line slaves would be free and south of the line slavery would be in place.
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