Chapter 9/11

SEMESTER FINAL 2

What features characterized the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

technology

Which industry was the first to harness the innovations of the Industrial Revolution?

textiles

What are important features of capitalism?

Free enterprise, economic freedom, profit, private property, competition

What effect did the increase in cotton production, brought about by the invention of the cotton gin, have on the southern states?

Relied heavily on cotton

Who was the explorer and pioneer who helped build trails and roads through the Appalachian Mountains in the late 1700s?

Daniel Boone

What advantage did steamboats have over traditional water vessels, such as barges or sailing ships?

Cheaper, faster

What was the American System?

a nationalist program to help the nation grow, increase the federal government's power

What is a tariff ?

Tax on Imported goods

Why did many Americans view sectionalism as a threat?

End “era of good feelings” & might divide nation

The Missouri Compromise of 1820, introduced by ______________________, helped maintain balance between free states and slave states.

Henry Clay

How did the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 change the boundaries of the United States?

We got east & west Florida

What was a guiding principle to come out of the Monroe Doctrine?

wouldn’t interfere with any existing European colonies in the Americas

Along with the United States, which nations claimed parts of the Oregon Country in the mid-1800s?

GB, Spain, Russia

Which term is used to name the fur trappers who first explored and lived in the Oregon Country?

Mountain men

What was the name of the most popular route American settlers used to travel to the far west?

Oregon trail

Why was granting statehood to Florida a controversial issue?

want to be a slave state, needed a free state suitor

What happened at the Alamo, in San Antonio in 1836?

Mexican cannon fire defeated the Alamo defenders

Who was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas in September of 1836?

Sam Houston

How did California change under the Mexicans after 1821?

mission lands and set up huge ranches

Why wasn’t the relationship between the United States and Mexico friendly before they went to war?

argued over Texas-Mexico border

Which American president was in office during the War with Mexico?

President James K. Polk

How did victory in the war with Mexico change the U.S. borders?

Texas-Mexico border = Rio Grande

Why were many California gold miners called “forty-niners”?

Arrived 1849

How did Levi Strauss become rich during the California Gold Rush?

Sold sturdy denim pants

Who founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the religion of the Mormons?

Joseph Smith