INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
What invention increased cotton production and expanded the need for enslaved labor?
Cotton Gin
What man-made waterways lowered the cost of shipping goods?
Canals
What religious revival encouraged people to improve themselves and society?
Second Great Awakening
What term means an agreement between opposing sides?
Compromise
Who were people that settled new regions first?
Pioneers
What war caused a boycott of British goods, helping U.S. manufacturing grow?
War of 1812
What canal connected Lake Erie to New York City?
Erie Canal
Who worked to improve prison conditions and care for the mentally ill?
Dorothea Dix
What compromise kept balance between free and slave states in 1820?
Missouri Compromise
What is the edge of settled land where people moved west?
Frontier
What system used identical parts to make goods faster and cheaper?
Interchangeable Parts
What inventions moved goods and people faster across long distances?
Steamboats and Railroads
What movement sought to reduce alcohol consumption?
Temperance Movement
What term describes loyalty to regional interests rather than the nation as a whole?
Sectionalism
What term refers to land controlled by a country but not yet a state?
Territory
What economic system is based on supply and demand with little government regulation?
Free Enterprise
What invention by Samuel Morse allowed long-distance communication?
Telegraph
What belief system emphasized individualism and civil disobedience?
Transcendentalism
What term means to give up control of land to another country or group?
Cede
What term describes the physical features of land?
Terrain
What term describes the shift from hand-made goods to machine production in factories?
Industrial Revolution
What term refers to ways people and goods travel, such as by road or water?
Mode of Transportation
What movement fought for suffrage and equal rights for women?
Women’s Rights Movement
What term describes a disagreement over land, borders, or ownership?
Dispute
What natural resources like gold or coal are mined from the earth?
Minerals