Vocab
Patent
Gives inventors sole legal rights to their inventions and profits to their inventions
What was the Monroe Doctrine
states that north and south America are not to be considered subjects for future colonization by European powers
Turnpike-corduroy roads
Canals-????
Locks
The revolution that changed the way people worked was the
Industrial Revolution
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Factory System
all manufacturing steps are brought together under one roof to increase efficiency
What was the Adams-Onis Treaty?
USA gained East Florida
USA gave up claims to Spanish Texas
They agreed on a border
As more people moved to the city what were the living conditions in those cities?
crowded, disgusting, filled with disease, etc.
Americas Industrial Revolution began to take root in
New England
The leader who tried to resolve sectional disputes by compromise was?
Henry Clay
an artificial waterway
It helped the industrial revolution prosper
McCulloch v Maryland?
Supreme court ruled that Maryland had no right to tax the bank
What lead to more people leaving the country-side and moving to the city?
Technology advances in farming and industrialization
Profit
Who memorized the design of British Machines and duplicated them in Rhode Island?
Samuel Slater
Sectionalism
loyalty to ones region
Gibbons v Ogden?
established that states could not enact legislation that would interfere with congressional power over interstate commerce
Describe what a turnpike is?
toll road in which travelers paid a fee to travel on those roads to help finance them
The changes in the ways goods were made in the mid-1700s first appeared in?
Britain
Who Invented what is known as the American System?
Henry Clay
State Sovereignty
Missouri Compromise?
Pioneer families tended to settle in communities?
along rivers
Name two inventions that helped the Industrial Revolution be possible
Cotton Gin and Interchangeable parts
Whose mill launched the factory system?
Francis Cabot Lowell