Studied by 63 PeopleTags & Description
Industrial Revolution
the economic changes of the late 1700s, when manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work
Samuel Slater
builder of the first water-powered textile mill in America
factory system
method of production using many workers and machines in one building
Lowell mills
textile mills located in the factory tow of Lowell, Massachusetts
Robert Fulton
inventor of America's first widely successful steamboat
Peter Cooper
builder of America's first successful steam powered locomotive
Samuel FB Morse
inventory of the telegraph
threshing machine
a device that separates kernels of wheat from their husks
Mechanical Reaper
a device that cuts grains
cotton gin
machine that made cleaning seeds from cotton faster
Eli Whitney
inventor of the cotton gin
Nat Turner
leader of the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia
spirituals
religious folk songs
Henry Clay
nationalist Representative from Kentucky
American System
plan introduced in 1815 to make America economically self sufficient through the 2nd National Bank, Tariffs, and Internal Improvements
James Monroe
fifth president of the US who was President during the "Era of Good Feelings"
Erie Canal
waterway that connected New York City with Buffalo NY Also known as Dewitt Clinton's Big Ditch
Missouri Compromise
laws enacted in 1820 to maintain balance of power between slave and free states
Monroe Doctrine
US policy opposing European Interference in the Western Hemisphere, written by John Quincy Adams
nationalism
a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country
protective tariff
a tax on imported goods that protects a nation's businesses from foreign competition
sectionalism
loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country (North, South or West)
cotton gin's Impact
what invention led to the expansion of slavery
Whites killed more than 200 native Americans
What were the results of the rebellion led by Nat Turner
Adams-Onis Treaty
Spain gave up Florida to the U.S. and the U.S./Mexico border was set so that Texas and the American Southwest would be part of Mexico.
New England
Where were most factories & Textile Mills
McCulloch v. Maryland
Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law
Gibbons v. Ogden
This case involved New York trying to grant a monopoly on waterborne trade between New York and New Jersey. Judge Marshal, of the Supreme Court, sternly reminded the state of New York that the Constitution gives Congress alone the control of interstate commerce. Marshal's decision, in 1824, was a major blow on states' rights.
Era of Good Feelings
time during Monroe's presidency when the country entered a period of national unity.