Abeka American History Chapter 13

1821

first public high school

1825

completion of the erie canal

traditional education

passing on knowledge and tradition of the past to new generations

noah webster

wrote america’s first dictionary; “he taught millions to read, but not one to sin.”

blue-backed speller

all-in-one textbook used by most schools in america

william h. mcguffey

wrote the eclectic readers

mcguffey’s readers

also called eclectic readers

horace mann

promoted primary education for all children; created the first normal schools to train teachers

normal schools

fill in the blank

horace mann created the first ________ __________ to train teachers

free schools

fill in the blank

public schools were called ______ _________

1821

when was america’s first tax-supported high school in boston founded?

boston

fill in the blank

in 1821, america’s first tax-supported high school was founded in ________

university of north carolina

first state university

oberlin university

first co-ed college

wesleyan college

first college for only women

lyceums

organizations that conducted discussions and established libraries and public schools

josiah holbrook

founded the first lyceum

new york tribune

founded by horace greeley; first newspaper to gain a national readership

horace greeley

founded the new york tribune

telegraph

fill in the blank

the ___________ allowed papers to be printed with great speed

william dean howells

discovered and published many of america’s greatest writers

steel plow

invented by john deere during the 1830s; made plowing easier for the rocky soil in the north

john deere

who created the steel plow?

reaper

invented by cyrus mccormick; made it easier to cut grain

cyrus mccormick

who invented the mechanical reaper?

cotton gin

invented by eli whitney; revolutionized the cotton industry in the south

eli whitney

who invented the cotton gin?

south

fill in the blank

the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the _________

king

fill in the blank

cotton became _______ in the south

• tobacco

• rice

• hemp

• sugar cane

fill in the blanks

the south was also known for _________, ______, _______, and ________ ________

domestic system

majority of work and production in colonial america was based around this system (work done at home)

factory system

brought to america from england by samuel slater (1789)

samuel slater

fill in the blank

the factory system was brought to america from england by _________ _________ (1789)

father of the american factory system

fill in the blank

samuel slater was known as the _______ ____ _____ ____________ _______ ________

textile

fill in the blank

the _______ industry prospered more than any other because of the factory system

francis lowell

invented the power loom

elias howe

invented the sewing machine

isaac singer

made the sewing machine a common household item

james watt

invented the first practical steam engine

steam engine

fill in the blank

james watt invented the first practical _________ __________

oliver evans

invented the high-pressured steam engine

high-pressured

fill in the blank

oliver evans invented the _____-_________ steam engine

corduroy

fill in the blank

most roads in the 1800s were either dirt roads or __________ roads

cumberland road

america’s first “highway”

macadam roads

created by john l. mcadam; added drainage to roads

john l. mcadam

who created the macadam roads?

robert fulton

invented the first practical steamboat, the clermont

clermont

what was the name of fulton’s first practical steamboat?

steamboats

main form of water transportation by the mid 1800s

canal

man-made body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

dewitt clinton

popularized the use of canals; completed the erie canal in 1825

erie canal

fill in the blank

dewitt clinton completed the _____ _______ in 1825

3,000

fill in the blank

by 1840, nearly ________ miles of track had been laid

railroads

this became the most expensive yet convenient form of travel

clipper ship

greatly cut ocean travel time across the atlantic

steamboats

most were made in england; caused a decline in american shipbuilding industries

pony express

mail-carrying company between missouri and california (1860)

telegraph

invented by samuel morse (1844); in the next several years, thousands of miles of telegraph lines were created

samuel morse

who invented the telegraph?

transatlantic cable

a series of underwater cables laid for telegraph communication

matthew maury

mapped the ocean for the cable; “pathfinder of the seas”

cyrus field

laid the cable and completed the project (1858)

investors

invested capital ($) into corporations for profit

capital

fill in the blank

investors invested _________ into corporations for profit

laborers

common working class people working in factories

• 5

• 31

fill in the blank

from 1800-1860, america’s population grew from ___ million to ____ million people

• west

• cities

fill in the blank

the _______ and ________ saw the most dramatic growth

• ireland

• germany

fill in the blank

the majority of immigrants were from ________ and ___________

romantic era

fill in the blank

literature in the mid-19th century was referred to as the _____________ ______

james fenimore cooper

wrote the first truly american fiction

edgar allen poe

developed the detective story and mystery genre

henry wadsworth longfellow

most popular american poet of the 19th century; fireside poet

fireside

fill in the blank

longfellow was a ________ poet

herman melville

known for writing moby dick (america’s only great epic)

epic

fill in the blank

moby dick (by herman melville) is america’s only great ______

george bancroft

father of american history