Vocabulary Words
A machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber.
Cotton Gin
He invented the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Where did the American Industrial Revolution begin?
It began in New England
He was looking to expand further and start setting land from the Louisiana Purchase.
Where did early pioneer families tend to settle in communities?
Along Great Rivers
Road in which tolls are collected is also known as toll roads.
Turnpike
The inventor of the Steam Ship. He designed the Clairmont.
Robert Fulton.
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in New England?
There was poor soil farming and many rivers and ports which were ideal for industry.
Monroe was the president. It kept an even balance of power between the north and south in the Senate.
Census
A part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another, identical part.
Women and girls who worked in textile mills
Lowell Girls
How did life begin to change for northern families?
People began to leave their homes and go to the mills to work.
When Monroe was the president. This thing kept an even balance of power between the north and south in the Senate.
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Separate compartment in which water levels rise and fall in order to raise or lower boats on a canal.
Lock
Francis Cabot Lowell
Name two (2) positive outcomes of the development of cities?
1. More available jobs
2. there were entertainment and leisure time.
Explain how the U.S. got Florida
Spanish officials realized they could not hold Florida against the Americans so they ceded the land to Americans in the Adam-Onis Treaty.
A part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another, identical part.
Interchangeable Parts
What is this
Economic Freedom, Private Property, Competition
Free Enterprise
He explored a Native American Trail through the Appalachian Mountains--wilderness trail that connected the east coast to the west.
Name two possible threats to the development of cities
2. Animals lived in the street.
3. Sewage/pollution
Explain the Monroe Doctrine.
The purpose is to make sure the European countries did not colonize any South American or Latin American countries. It became an important part of American Foreign Policy
What is the definition of Sectionalism?
Rivalry is based on the special interests of different areas.