People
The American System
Vocab
The Industrial Revolution
Potpourri
100

This chief justice of the Supreme Courts rulings gave more power to the federal government. 

Who was John Marshall?

100

This "Big Ditch," as it was called, connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

What was the Erie Canal?

100

The creation of goods in large quantities. 

What is mass production?

100

The Industrial Revolution actually began in this country during the 18th century.

What is Great Britain?

100

High demand for this product in Great Britain and the Northern United States drove the growth of the textile industry.

What is cotton?

200

This Secretary of State under President Monroe, was guided by the spirit of nationalism in all his dealings in foreign affairs.

Who is John Quincy Adams?

200

Henry Clay helped sway the West on the Tariff of 1816, but the South was swayed by this South Carolina politician.

Who was John C. Calhoun?

200

These standardized components, can be made to precise specifications, and are so nearly identical they can be easily swapped or replaced in any assembly of the same type without custom fitting.

What are interchangeable parts?

200

During the revolution, inventors came up with these two ways to generate power to operate their new machines?

What are coal, and streams/water?

200

The Erie Canal connected Lake Erie to this body of water, and eventually the Atlantic Ocean.

What is the Hudson River?

300

This president warned all European countries to stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

Who was James Monroe?

300

Many states built highways known as these, which could be accessed by paying a toll and turning a spiked pole to continue their journey.

What is a turnpike?

300

Constructed pathway that connected Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois..

What is the National Road?

300

Eli Whitney's invention, it separates the seeds from the product in short fiber cotton.

What is the cotton gin?

300

As a result of the Missouri Compromise, all future territories south of this line of latitude would be admitted into the Union as slave territories.

What is the 36 30 line?

400

This Speaker of the House supported the American System, and was known as the Great Compromiser.

Who was Henry Clay?

400

The creation of this institution would make available a currency guaranteed to be accepted nationwide.

What is the 2nd Bank of the United states?

400

This Supreme Court case decided that it was unconstitutional to tax the National Bank.

What is McCulloch v Maryland?

400

An increase in the demand for cotton also called for an increase in this source of labor.

What is Slavery?

400

With Missouri being admitted as a slave state in the Missouri Compromise, this state would have to admitted as a free state to keep the balance of power in Congress.

What is Maine?

500

His boat, The Clermont, propelled by a steam engine, cruised the 150 miles up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany in 32 hours, marking the beginning of the steamboat era.

Who was Robert Fulton?

500

The American system seemed to benefit both North and South. So much in fact, that a president from Virginia was welcomed in Boston during his presidential tour, earning this nickname for this period in American History.

What is the Era of Good Feelings?

500

To help cover the costs of internal improvements in America, such as roads, canals and bridges, President James Monroe proposed this tax on imported goods.

What is the Tariff of 1816?

500

Modernized textile mills in the city of Lowell, drew thousands of young women, in search of work, to this industrial state.

What is Massachusetts?

500

This American frontiersman lived among the Crow tribe, and earned himself the nickname Bloody Arm because of this skill as a fighter.

Who was Jim Beckwourth?