Began in Britain, ushered in the modern factory system in which man worked alongside machines.
The Industrial Revolution
100
Famine in the 1840's that forced a mass immigration of Irish to the United States
The Potato Famine
100
This machine separated seed from fiber, was supposed to halt or possibly remove the need for slavery; however, it expanded it.
The Cotton Gin
100
This invention revolutionized the harvesting of wheat on the Midwestern plains of America.
The McCormick Reaper
100
Linked Lake Erie to the Hudson River, created by Dewitt Clinton.
Erie Canal
200
Around 1820 a significant portion of the nation's industrial toilers were _______, who were easily exploited and worked in terrible circumstances
Children
200
Who were the two largest immigration groups of the 1800's?
The German and Irish
200
Machine that was created by Samuel Morse that revolutionized communication the USA.
The Telegraph
200
This popular essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson helped portray the "rugged individualism" of America's Western Inhabitants.
"Self Reliance"
200
Created by Robert Fulton, improved river travel making rivers a two way system of transportation. Nicknamed "Fulton's Folly".
Steamboats
300
Term for New England farm girls working long hours in textile factories.
"Factory Girls"
300
A shadowy Irish miner's union that rocked the Pennsylvania coal districts in the 1860's, and 70's
The Molly Maguires
300
Invented by John Deere, this invention helped break the thickly matted soil of the West.
The Steel Plow
300
Term for when Eastern traders traveled to the West to buy goods from Western fur trappers and Native Americans.
Rendezvous
300
Broad, hard surfaced highways that could be used to enforce tolls on travelers for their use.
Turnpikes
400
Term for citizens who worked long hours for little pay in horrendous conditions.
"Wage Slaves"
400
Religious group that rose from being ranked 5th in 1840 to 1st by 1850 with over 1.8 million adherents.
Catholicism
400
Introduced by Eli Whitney, this invention allowed rifles to be mass produced and fixed using machines. Was widely adopted by 1850.
Interchangeable Parts
400
Term for the devastation of the West's natural resources and wildlife. In some cases almost driving certain species extinct.
Ecological Imperialism
400
This system of transportation was at first very dangerous and lacked a standardized length for its tracks; however, in time proved the absolute best mode of transportation becoming fast and reliable.
Railroad (or Trains)
500
Court Case that established that labor unions were not illegal conspiracies
Commonwealth vs. Hunt
500
The Know Nothing Party, who hated immigration, was formerly known as the ______.
The Order of the Star Spangled Banner
500
The Sewing Machine was inspired by ______, and later perfected by ______. It became the foundation of the ready-made clothing industry.
Elias Howe, Isaac Singer
500
Name the painter, who also was one of the first Americans to advocate the preservation of nature as a deliberate national policy. Proposed the creation of a national park.
George Catlin
500
Name of the national highway that originally spanned from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois. Eventually it spanned from Baltimore, Maryland to St. Louis, Missouri.