New Technology
The rapid increase in the production of manufactured goods and the transition from cottage industry to industrial manufacturing was mostly caused by these.
What is the rapid technological advancement or innovation?
This conflict between the US and Great Britain forced US to manufacture more of its own industrial goods, leading to the growth of the industrial industry in the United States.
What is the War of 1812?
This term describes the reasons that human being immigrated to the United States in the early 20th Century to avoid issues in their home country.
What is a push factor?
This territory purchased in 1803, doubled the size of the United States for just $0.05 per acre.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Discovery of this mineral in 1848 led to the quick population of the most western state, causing a flurry of migration across the United States.
What is Gold?
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This man invented this device that could mechanically separating cotton fibers from seeds boosting the South's economy.
Who is Eli Whitney?
What is the Cotton Gin?
This references the increasing population of US cities during the industrial revolution as people moved in search of new economic opportunities.
What is urbanizaton?
This idea was a response to the increase in immigration to the US during the Industrial Revolution, and led to the distrust and abuse of immigrants. Specifically from Asia and Ireland.
What is Nativism?
This movement spurred the United States to pursue the acquisition of territories between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This agreement at the end of the Mexican American War ceded most of the Southwestern United States to the US and paid Mexico 15 million dollars.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
This idea allowed the easy repair and mass production of items during the Industrial Revolution.
What are interchangeable parts?
Inventions like the Steel Plow, Mechanical Reaper, and Cotton Gin had this effect on the agriculture industry of the United States.
What is increased efficiency in crop production?
This was the primary reason that the population of Ireland decreased by approximately 33% between 1846 and 1855, and led Irish people to immigrate to the United States.
What is a famine/potato famine/crop failure?
This territory was acquired in 1846 was controversial because many Americans wanted to pursue the Northern boundary of the United States as the 54th parallel.
What is Oregon or the Oregon Territory?
This religious group agreed to move into the Utah territory to avoid persecution for their differing ideological beliefs and practices.
Who were the Mormons?
This man created the world's first Steel Plow which made the cultivation fo farmland more efficient.
Who is John Deere?
This invention helped expand the commercial markets during the Industrial Revolution.
What is the Steam Engine/Railroad/Train?
This economic system allowed US industries to thrive during the industrial revolution, due to limited government interactions between the economy and the Federal Government.
What is Free Enterprise?
Acquisition of this former Republic led to the US-Mexican War in 1846?
What is Texas or the Republic of Texas?
This US President was responsible for the Annexation of Texas and the Mexican American War, and completing Manifest Destiny.
Who is James K. Polk?
This invention by Samuel Morse in 1844 changed the efficiency of the communications industry forever.
What is the Telegraph?
The completion of this caused New York City to become a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport.
What is the Eerie Canal?
This group of people began working outside the home during the industrial revolution, giving them increased influence in social issues, but would not lead to increased rights as citizens until 1919.
Who are women?
This state was acquired from Spain through a treaty in 1819.
What is Florida?
This territorial acquisition finalized the efforts of Manifest Destiny in 1854 purchasing a small tract of southern New Mexico and Arizona, completing the continental United States.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?