Asia and Industry
Who opened American trade with Japan?
Commodore Matthew Perry
Francis Cabot Lowell
industrialism
From what two countries did most immigrants come during this period?
Germany
Ireland
DAILY DOUBLE
What was the Second Great Awakening, and how did it progress?
This movement in literature placed a great emphasis on emotion.
Romanticism
DAILY DOUBLE
Why was the growth of factories generally welcomed in America despite the poor living and working conditions?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
transcendentalism
Eli Whitney is known for these two inventions
cotton gin (short-staple crop) (responsible for the continuation of slavery)
interchangeable parts (led to mass production)
What were the large revival gatherings in western areas called?
camp meetings
This was responsible for drawing many women to work during the civil war.
sewing machine
Name three Asian markets (countries) America traded with.
China
Japan
Sumatra
Timothy Dwight
Charles Finney
Asahel Nettleton
revivalism
These two men are known to race with their inventions
Donald McKay (clipper ship)
Peter Cooper (locomotive)
This group was the first to be involved in abolitionist efforts.
reformers
Industrial growth occurred most extensively in this region.
New England (Northeast)
American ships that traded with Asia also helped claim the _________ coast of North America.
Pacific
Horace Mann
reform movements
Name the two "names" for this road which reached from Maryland to Illinois.
National Road
Cumberland Road
This group denied the doctrine of the Trinity
Unitarians
What fraction of Southerners owned slaves in the early 1800s?
1/4
This describes the production system whereby many goods are manufactured by many workers assembled in one place.
factory system (introduced by Samuel Slater)
William Ellery Channing
Unitarianism
Name the two famous female abolitionists who organized the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This was a partial result of changes occurring in American colleges.
Second Great Awakening
This not only kept railroad traffic coordinated, but it also provided communication with the West.
Telegraph (invented by Morse)