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Clay, Calhoun, or Webster
People
Industrial Revolution
Transportation
100
road made of logs
What is a corduroy road?
100
representative of the west that was an outspoken war hawk
Who is Henry Clay?
100
developed the spinning Jenny
Who is Hargreaves?
100
the industrial revolution led to this movement to cities
What is urbanization?
100
channel dug and filled with water to allow ships to cross a stretch of land
What is a canal?
200
people with money to invest in business to make a profit
Who are capitalists?
200
these two men supported Federalism over states rights
Who are Clay and Webster?
200
smuggled plans for the water wheel to US
Who is Slater?
200
this man helped bring about the industrial revolution by inventing the water frame, which could produce cloth even faster than the spinning Jenny
Who is Arkwright?
200
road built by a private company that charged tolls to those using it
What is a turnpike?
300
Method that brought workers and machines together in one place to produce goods
What is the factory system?
300
was the Vice President, but never became the Secretary of State
Who is Calhoun?
300
invented the steamboat
Who is Shreve?
300
they usually worked in the mills because they did not need to be payed as much
Who are women and children?
300
this road linked Philadelphia and Lancaster and was built in the 1790s
What is the Lancaster Turnpike?
400
Machine developed by James Hargreaves that allowed a worker to spin several threads at once
What is the spinning jenny?
400
he often argued before the Supreme Court
Who is Webster?
400
ushered in age of steamboats by launching the Clermont
Who is Fulton?
400
these were two hazards of living in the cities
What are poor hygiene and easily spreading fires?
400
this road was funded for by congress and connected the country, reaching from Maryland to Illinois
What is the national road?
500
the treaty in which Spain gave a florist to the United States and received $5 million in exchange
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty?
500
prevented the civil war temporarily and did not support the south seceding
Who is Clay?
500
founded the first American textile mill
Who is Brown?
500
these two hazards were common in cities
What are poor hygiene and fires spreading easily?
500
this governor of New York pushed for the construction of the Erie Canal, which later inspired other states to build canals
Who is DeWitt Clinton?