Buzzer Game Notes - Transportation and Immigration

Flashcards covering major concepts on the Transportation Revolution, Market Revolution, immigration, and significant historical events.

The Pennsylvania’s Lancaster Turnpike __ connected Philly with rich farmlands around Lancaster.

Stimulated other roads and connected most of the country’s major cities by the 1820s.

The Erie Canal, completed in __, linked western and eastern cities and dropped food prices in the East.

1825

Robert Fulton developed the first successful __, making shipping cheaper and faster.

steamboat

The Market Revolution transformed the subsistence economy into a national network of and .

industry & commerce.

Irish immigrants were largely driven out due to __ and revolutions in their home country.

famines.

The Know-Nothing Party aimed to get rid of __ and focused on non-immigrant influences.

immigrants.

Eli Whitney invented the __, which helped harvest cotton efficiently.

cotton gin.

Cyrus McCormick invented the __, which automated the harvesting of crops, particularly wheat.

mechanical reaper.

The Lowell System utilized __ to make textile manufacturing more efficient.

factory girls

The Pony Express was established to carry mail from Missouri to California in __ days.

10.

The term __ refers to the aggressive exploration of the West, leading to environmental damage.

ecological imperialism.

The __ was a secretive anti-immigrant political group also known as the Superior Order of the Star Spangled Banner.

Know-Nothing Party.

The Supreme Court case Commonwealth v. Hunt ruled that labor unions were not illegal __.

conspiracies.

Steam-powered trains first began to expand in the early __, greatly impacting transportation.

1820s.