People
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
The Industrial Revolution started where?
Great Britain
What was the impact of the cotton gin?
rapidly increased cotton production and led to demand for more slaves
What was the goal of the forty-niners
find gold in California
Why did industrialization results in expanded communication and transportation?
the need for specialized regions to be connected and ship goods/ideas (southern cotton to northern textile factories)
Identify two of President Polk's accomplishments (think westward expansion).
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Annexation of Texas
Gadsden Purchase
Gaining Oregon Territory
The Texans at the Battle of San Jacinto were motivated by the cries of "Remember the ______!"
Alamo
What is the connection between interchangeable parts and mass production?
interchangeable parts allowed for quicker assembly and easy replacements
What is the goal of entrepreneurs?
investing in companies to make a profit
What are two impacts of westward expansion?
increased sectional tensions
continued oppression of native tribes
war with Mexico
accomplished manifest destiny
Who brought over knowledge of how to reconstruct textile machinery to America?
Samuel Slater
Which state was acquired by treaty with Great Britain during the mid-1800s?
Define nativism
protecting the interests of native born; anti-immigrant
Why were females a majority of the workforce in textile factories?
cheap labor costs
couldn't rely on agriculture
access to water
couldn't trade as much
Who was the Mexican general that wiped out Texan forces at the Alamo?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Name three states (or parts of states) that were gained by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming
tenements
anti-immigrant due to fears of immigrants taking jobs and bring Catholic views
Why was there a rise in immigration from Northern Europe
economic hardship, land shortages, famine, looking for work
Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
The Erie Canal connects which two bodies of water?
Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
What two states did the Gadsden Purchase complete?
Arizona and New Mexico
What was the goal of the empresarios?
to recruit and settle people in Texas
What were two effects of the California Gold Rush?
California quickly became a state
California became populated
Chinese immigrants moved to California
negative impacts on environment