People
What group of people tried to escape a massive crop failure by coming to the United States?
The Irish
What section of the country is defined by urbanization, textile mills, and canal systems?
North / Northeast
What phrase describes how Americans wanted to obtain land from the East to West Coasts, spreading democracy?
Manifest Destiny
In what era did we attempt to increased production and transportation levels by becoming more efficient?
Industrial Revolution / Industrial Era
What colony was founded for economic purposes in 1607?
Jamestown
Texas
What territory allowed settlers to reach the West Coast for the first time AND in what year?
Oregon / 1846
What invention allowed for the creation of steamboats, trains, and would essentially decrease the cost of transportation?
Steam Engine
What country's immigrants were known for mining gold and building the Transcontinental Railroad?
China
What protected the Western Hemisphere from European colonization?
Monroe Doctrine
Who improved our ability to communicate with one another across the country?
Samuel Morse
What city became the manufacturing center of the United States as a result of the Erie Canal's completion?
New York City
What economic system calls for entrepreneurs to invent products, find investors, and sell that product in a competitive market?
Free Enterprise
Who were the last two countries that would divide up Oregon at the 49th parallel?
United States and Great Britain?
What two people argued over the first national bank, eventually forming our first political parties?
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
What party did James K. Polk align himself with as he made manifest Destiny a federal policy?
Democrats
What territory doubled the size of the United States AND in what year?
Louisiana Purchase / 1803
This invention by John Deere allowed farmers to break up soil to maximize their harvests.
Steel Plow
What were young women working in textile mills called?
Lowell Girls
What amendment promotes the concept of federalism?
10th Amendment
Who directly increased the profitability of slavery with his/her invention of the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What year did the United States acquire several territories as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo AND what was the territory?
1848 / Mexican Cession
This invention could be seen in textile mills and allowed for massive amounts of clothes to be made very quickly.
Spinning Jenny
What set the precedent on how new states would be created AND how many people would a territory need to become a state?
Northwest Ordinance / 60,000
What prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains in 1763?
Proclamation Act of 1763