Grab Bag
People and businesses have the right to own land, buildings, and other property in a free enterprise system. These rights are called:
Property Rights
Young women were employed here
Textile Mills
These were the first types of factories
Textile mills
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about the horrors of slavery
Dorothea Dix
Mental Health reform
Entrepreneurship, competition, private property, profit motive and consumer choice are part of what system?
Free Enterprise System
Inventor of Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney
During the late 1800s, millions of immigrants settled in cities where they often faced overcrowded housing, poor sanitation, and low-paying jobs in factories. This term describes the rapid growth of cities during that era.
Urbanization
"We have only to look about us in this great city, to observe the traces of the deadly influence of intemperance. Everywhere, we face crime, disease and death, all testify to the necessity of the prosecution of the cause, of steadfast and unwavering effort and prompt action to lead to complete success."
The speaker quoted above was a supporter of the movement to -
reduce alcohol consumption
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women's rights/suffrage
The development of what system in the early 1800s caused an increase in production levels
Factory System
In the early 1800's cities grew dramatically. What was the MAIN CAUSE for this?
Jobs in factories
What invention became a major method of long-distance communication for many years.
Telegraph
What was the primary reason for Irish migration to America?
Potato Famine
What was the original PULL factor for Chinese to come to America?
Gold Rush
Which group showed a romantic attitude about nature in art as a response to increasing industrialization in the United States.
Hudson River School
Which group provided a large labor force for manufacturing?
Immigrants
What were TWO ways that the invention of the steamboat affected the development of the United States
enabled EFFICIENT upstream travel, slashed transport times and costs for goods and passengers
"Americans must rule America!" would have been a slogan by which group?
How demand for cotton as a cash crop MOST affect the Southern United States
Rise in slavery
What was the purpose of the Erie Canal, AND what is one way the canal affected the economic development of the United States
The purpose was to create a direct navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean (via the Hudson River) to the Great Lakes. ) to the Great Lakes, linking the Midwest's agricultural resources with the New York City port. A primary economic impact was a dramatic reduction in transportation costs, with shipping rates dropping by over 90%, which catalyzed the Market Revolution and established NYC as the nation's premier commercial center
What are two innovations that were made as a result of the invention of the steam engine?
Steamboat, locomotive, steam powered factory machinery
Name 2 inventions that made crop production more efficient.
Steel plow, mechanical reaper, harvester
Frederick Douglas spread information about the injustices of slavery in his newspaper, called ?
The North Star
What was "The Declaration of Sentiments"?
It highlighted inequalities that existed in society and called for changes in the system of suffrage.