A Growing Economy
A machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
What is a cotton gin?
The official count of a population
What is a census?
What is sectionalism?
A type of economy in which people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want
What is free enterprise?
Create a complete sentence; canal, lock, frigate
The frigate had to stop at every lock along the canal.
What is a patent?
Roads on which tolls are collected
What is a turnpike?
A market where there is only one provider
What is a monopoly?
The growth of factories and trade
What led to the growth of towns and cities in America?
Technology
What was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution?
A part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another, identical part
What are interchangeable parts?
An artificial waterway
What is a canal?
Economic activity taking place between two or more states
What is interstate commerce?
They could take advantage of the water power and easily ship goods to market
What are two reasons many cities developed along rivers?
Create a complete sentence; cotton gin, interchangeable parts
The broken cotton gin was easily repaired due to its interchangeable parts design.
Economic system in which people and companies own the means of production
What is capitalism?
Separate compartment in which water levels rise and fall in order to raise or lower boats on a canal
What is a lock?
To transfer control of something
What does cede mean?
The Era of Good Feelings
What was the era following The War of 1812 known as in America?
Canals allowed people to settle on lands further from large rivers
How did canals help expand the area open to settlement?
Money or other items, such as machines or buildings, used to create wealth
What is capital?
Cave ins, blasting accidents and disease bred in swamp water
What are 3 reasons why canal building was hazardous work?
There were the 3 sections of the United States in the early 1800s
What is North, South and West?
A united country, free of political strife
In his out-of-style breeches and powdered wigs, what did President James Monroe represent to Americans?
Create a complete sentence; Patent, Monopoly
The new steamboat patent created a monopoly on river trade and travel.