Monroe Doctrine and the Missouri Compromise
This agreement limited naval power on the Great Lakes between the United States and British Canada
What is the Rush-Bagot Agreement?
The road that was built entirely by government funds.
What is the Cumberland Road?
This term deals with each section of the U.S. having a distinct character: different beliefs, political views, economies, citizens, etc…
What is sectionalism?
This person proposed the Rhode Island mill system.
Who is Samuel Slater?
The inventor that developed the Clermont (steamboat) in 1803.
Who was Robert Fulton?
True or False: One of the requirements in the Adam-Onis Treaty was that Spain ceded (gives away) Florida for $5 million
What is true?
The two reasons the Erie Canal was built.
What are...
1. transportation
2. trade
The reason the Missouri Compromise was created.
What was the debate of slavery was creating increasing tension between different sections of the country?
This mill system began to hire young, unmarried women.
What is the Lowell System?
The reason cotton became known as King Cotton after the invention of the cotton gin.
What is cotton was the most profitable cash crop compared to the others?
The 3 parts to the Convention of 1818 agreement between the U.S. and England
What are...
Gave the U.S. fishing rights off the Canadian coast
Changed the US/Canadian border to the 49th parallel
Agreed to jointly share the Oregon Territory
The parts to Henry Clay's Economic America System
What are...
Use protective tariffs: help strengthen American manufacturing
Continue the National Bank (many were calling for an end to its “charter”)
Improve roads & canals
The three parts of the Missouri Compromise.
What are...
Missouri joins as a Slave State
Maine joins as a Free State
Slavery would be PROHIBITED in any NEW territories or states formed north of 36°30′ latitude. (Missouri’s southern border)
The negatives of factory life
What are...
1. Long, tough, and dangerous working condition
2. Diseases & malnutrition
3. Child Labor
3 ways that "free slaves" weren't really free
What are
1. Could not vote or own land
2. Had to have permission to travel
3. Had to have a white person represent them in business transactions
The name of the war where the U.S. and Spain fight for Florida
What is the Seminole War?
The three key events that led to the Era of Good Feelings
What are...
1. The War of 1812
2. Negotiations with Britain
3. Gaining Florida
The four contributing factors that led to a shift in the way products were made
What are...
War of 1812
Dependence on European products was too high
New England’s economy couldn’t depend on Agriculture
We have a HUGE supply of raw materials in our country
2 ways that workers tried to have better working conditions
What are...
1. organized strikes
2. creating trade unions
The four distinct cultural groups in southern society.
What are...
1. Planters: Plantation owners with more than 20 slaves
2. Yeomen: Farmers of 100 acres who owned very few or no slaves
3. Free African-Americans: Free African-Americans who faced constant discrimination
4. Slaves
The four parts of the Monroe Doctrine
What are...
The U.S. would not interfere in the affairs of European Nations
The U.S. would recognize, but not interfere with, European colonies that already existed in North and South America
The Western Hemisphere is now off limits to colonization by any foreign powers.
The U.S. would consider any attempt at colonization or interference by a European country with a country in the Western Hemisphere to be an act of hostility.
The court ruling of Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824)
What is the federal govt. has ultimate authority over regulating trade?
The three reasons why textile factories were successful in New England
What are...
1. Rivers for power.
2. Good ports and easy access to Atlantic for shipping.
3. NE had a willing labor force -subsistence farmers & immigrants.
The 3 major port cities that grew as a result increased trade
What are...
1. Savannah, Georgia
2. Charleston, South Carolina
3. New Orleans, Louisiana