Words to live by (read: memorize and then forget when you leave the room)
Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas.
What is sectionalism?
What's a patent?
He was elected president in 1816 (took office in 1817.)
Who is James Monroe?
These manmade waterways were extremely important for travel in the west.
What are canals?
This guy invented the cotton gin and popularized the concept of interchangeable parts.
Who is Eli Whitney?
Economic activity taking place between two or more states.
What is interstate commerce?
Got the seeds out of that there cotton!
What's a cotton gin?
This area became a US territory after the Adams-Onis Treaty.
What is Florida?
This canal connected the Hudson River with the lake of the same name.
What's the Erie canal?
The Industrial Revolution began in this nation.
What's the UK?
When the cable to the projector breaks, this concept allows the manufacturer to supply a replacement.
What is interchangeable parts?
What's a steamboat?
This deal maintained the delicate balance between slave and free states.
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
It connected Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Big road!
What is the national road?
In the US, the Industrial Revolution mostly concerned this region (though all were effected.) This was partly due to the poor soil that made farming hard.
What is New England?
Johnny has 5 pencils. He got them from Tom's pencil factory, which can produce nearly 10,000 a day at the low cost of $0.02 each. Johnny bought them from Tom's retail partner, Sally, at the inflated cost of $10 each. Tom and Sally split their profits evenly, planning on a future marketing campaign aimed at US History teachers. Tom's factory and machines are known as ______.
What is capital?
These let boats change elevation in a canal by raising or lowering the water.
What is a lock?
It basically said to Europe, "Back off! No more colonies!"
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Tolls are collected on these roads, which helped pay the cost of building them.
What's a turnpike?
The western settlers mostly grew this kind of crop in the early 1800s, so that they could sell their surplus downriver.
What are cash crops?
The official count of a population.
What is a census?
This wasn't popularized in the early 1800s in the US, but by the 1850s tracks for these could be found throughout the nation.
What are trains?
This guy led revolution after revolution against Spain in South America, and got a country named after him.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
One of the first western pioneers, who built a "road" (more like a trail) through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky.
Who is Daniel Boone?
A business with many owners.
What is a corporation?