Causes/Problems
Inventions
People
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Land Acquisitions
100

This war was the direct cause of the Industrial Revolution?

What was the War of 1812?

100

Who invented both the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

Who is Eli Whitney?

100
When people move to northern cities to work in factories.

What is Urbanization?

100

This is a type of economy with little government regulation and based on supply and demand.

What is free enterprise?

100

The population of California increased as immigrants such as the Chinese rushed to this area.

What is the California Gold Rush?

200

During the War of 1812, the United States boycotted  l trade with this country.

What is Britain?

200

This invention by Samuel Morse allowed people to communicate over long distances.

What is the telegraph?

200

This group of immigrants experienced a push factor known as the potato famine.

Who are the Irish?

200

This canal decreased the price of goods and affected the growth of many cities including New York City.

What is the Erie Canal?

200

The acquisition of this land from Mexico led to debates of over the expansion of  slavery.

What is the Mexican Cession?

300

The American Industrial Revolution began in this region because of the this natural resource.

What is a fast rivers?

300

These two inventions resulted in faster and cheaper goods.

What are Steamboats and Railroads?

300

This group started working out of their homes and began to work in textile mills.

Who are women?

300

This is an anti-immigrant sentiment.

What is Nativism?

300

This land was divided between the U.S. and Britain at the 49th parallel.

What is the Oregon Territory?

400

The Industrial Revolution was marked by the transition from _______________  products to machine made products.

What is handmade?

400

This invention resulted in mass production.

What are interchangeable parts?

400

This group came during the California Gold Rush but stayed to build the railroad.

Who are the Chinese?

400
Which country did the U.S. copy the factory system from?

What is Britain (England)?

400

What land was acquired with the Adams-Onis Treaty?

What is Florida (cession)?

500

Cotton cultivated in the south was sold to textile mills in the ____________ .

What is the north?

500

The invention of this, expanded the need for agricultural labor(slaves).

What is the cotton gin?

500

Why were women and children hired at textile mills?

What is low pay?

500

This compromise temporarily relieved sectional differences. Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine enter as a free state.

What is the Missouri Compromise?

500

This president won the presidency of Westward Expansion/ Manifest Destiny.

Who is President Polk?