Inventors and Inventions
Inventor of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
This transportation advance made river travel faster in the early 1800s.
Steamboat
This crop dominated the southern economy by 1820.
Cotton
The Missouri Compromise was passed in this year.
1820
This forced journey caused the deaths of thousands of Cherokee people.
The Trail of Tears
Man who thought of dots and dashes to convey messages across telegraph wires
Samuel Morse
These early roads required travelers to pay a toll.
Turnpikes
Which economy relied heavily on factory or industrial labor?
North
Missouri entered the Union as this type of state.
Slave State
This president won the Election of 1828 by appealing to the “common man.”
Andrew Jackson
Man given credit for the first successful steamboat
Robert Fulton
This government-funded road was made of crushed rock to improve travel.
The National Road
This invention increased the demand for enslaved labor in the South.
The Cotton gin
This state entered the Union as a free state to maintain balance.
Maine
This election was decided by the House of Representatives.
Election of 1824
Immigrant who brought the secret of England's textile machines to the United States
Samuel Slater
This form of transportation became faster and cheaper than steamboats by the 1820s.
Railroads
This was the main issue dividing the North and South as the nation expanded west.
Slavery
What was banned north of the 36°30′ line?
Slavery
This law forced Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Inventor of a horse-drawn reaper that cut grain faster
Cyrus McCormick
These man made waterways helped reduce shipping costs and link farms to cities.
Canals
What political compromise tried to help the disagreement over slavery in new territories?
The Missouri Compromise
This political leader helped negotiate the Missouri Compromise.
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson’s supporters called the 1824 election this nickname.
The "Corrupt Bargain"