Inventions
Who created the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
What is Nationalism?
Pride in your country
What is Sectionalism?
Having loyalty to your region, NOT your whole country
Before there were slaves in the United States, there were ______.
Indentured servants
The smallest of the Great Lakes, it has a surface area of about 7,500 square miles.
Lake Ontario
Which invention made slavery profitable again?
Name one important thing the Monroe Doctrine did for the United States.
1) all the Americas were closed for further European colonization
2) if Europeans tried to reclaim their colonies, it would be considered "dangerous to our peace and safety"
3) the United States promised to stay out of all European affairs
The South concentrated on what?
cotton production and slavery
Why were slaves not allowed to learn how to write?
So they could not forge notes and letters
Which war was ended by the Treaty of Ghent in 1814?
War of 1812
In what region of the United States did railroads have the biggest impact or effect on?
North
What state did the United States gain from Spain in the Adam-Onis Treaty?
Florida
The North concentrated on what?
manufacturing and trading (increasing industries)
Which region in the United States believed slavery was bad for the image of the country?
North
How long did the 7 Years War (French and Indian War) last?
9 years
This invention was the ancestor to texting
Morse Code
The slogan 54'40" or fight related to the Northern border of what territory?
Oregon
The West concentrated on what?
cheap land and better transportation
Why were slaves forbidden from marrying?
So the slave owners could restrict their rights as human beings and so they could have relations with slave women without worrying about their involvement with other men
In what city did American colonists famously dress up as Native Americans and dump an entire shipment of East India Company tea into the harbor?
Boston
Who created the Steam Engine?
Robert Fulton
What 3 things did the American System do (if you can name 2, I will give you the points)?
1) established a protective tariff
2) establish a National Bank
3) improve the nation's transportation systems
Name ALL 3 parts to the Missouri Compromise of 1820
1) Missouri added as a slave state
2) Maine added as a free state
3) No slave states above the 36.30 parallel
How many slave states and how many free states were there in the United States AFTER the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
12
Who was the 1st United States President to be impeached?
Options: Richard Nixon, Herbert Hoover, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton
Andrew Johnson