DE history Industrial Revolution and Market Revolution (Ch 8)

First commercial use of the steam engine (from list)

Steamboat

Industry influenced by the telegraph

Communications

Definition of the Industrial Revolution

A rapid reorganization of means of production in western society

Catalyst for the Market Revolution

Innovations in transportation

Why the National Road was controversial

Funded nationally but only benefitted a few regions.

Inaccurate statement about the Erie Canal

It was not finally completed until 1865

NOT a reason for moving to the Trans-Appalachian West

The French threat had finally been removed.

Term for James Monroe's presidency

Era of Good Feelings

Creation of the Second Bank of the United States

Created by Congress in 1816 with President Madison's support

First industry shaped by the large factory system

Textiles

Commercial use of the McCormick Reaper

Wheat harvesting

Person credited with developing steamboats

Robert Fulton

NOT a component of the American System

Fostering closer ties with Great Britain

Major reason the South did not industrialize

Plantation slavery was highly profitable

Region the South grew dependent upon due to agriculture

The North

Origin country of the Industrial Revolution

Great Britain

Percentage of Southerners owning slaves in the mid-1800s

25%

Organizations that helped politicians get elected

Political machines

Primary outcome of the Treaty of Ghent

Ended the war of 1812

Impact of the National Road and Erie Canal

Made transportation of goods faster and cheaper.

Most important US export by the mid-19th century

Cotton

James Monroe's Secretary of State (1816-1824)

John Quincy Adams

Monroe Doctrine

US foreign policy opposing foreign intervention in the Western Hemisphere.