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Ch. 10 History 4real
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| • Spinning Jenny | invented by Hargreaves in 1764; machine that let a person spin several threads at once |
| • Industrial Revolution | : *farming-manufacturing*; 1800s; from hand to workshop; towns to cities |
| • Factory System: | method of producing goods that brings workers and machines together in one place |
| • Interchangeable Parts: | invented by Eli Whitney; identical parts of a tool or instrument that are made by machine |
| • Turnpikes: | road built by a private company; charged tolls to those using it |
| • Cotton Gin: | invented by Eli Whitney in 1793; invention that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers |
| • Capitalists | : person who invests money in a business to make a profit |
| • Corduroy Road: | long road |
| • Dumping | : selling goods in another country at very low prices |
| • Francis Cabot Lowell: | formed Boston Associates in 1813; made textile factory (combined everything, spinning, threading, and weaving under one roof); died in 1817; town Lowell, Massachusetts named after him |
| • Eli Whitney: | invented interchangeable parts, and cotton gin |
| • Moses Brown | : Quaker in Rhode Island who wanted to build a spinning mill; hired Samuel Slater to do it |
| • John Fitch: | invented steam engine; opened a ferry service on the Delaware River which went out of business |
| • Robert Fulton: | launched Clermont (steamboat); ushered in the age of steamboats |
| • DeWitt Clinton: | governor of New York; convinced state lawmakers to provide money for the Erie Canal which was an instant success |
| • Samuel Slater: | mechanic at a British mill; memorized design of the machines that Britain used; brought the designs over to America and went from there |
| • James Monroe: | president in 1816; made a goodwill tour of the country (not since George Washington had a President made such a tour); ran for a second term and won with no opposition |
| • Simon Bolivar | : officer who helped Venezuela win independence from Spain |
| • John C. Calhoun: | spoke for south; intense speaker |
| • Daniel Webster: | spoke for the north; served first in the house and later as a senator for Massachusetts |
| • Henry Clay: | spoke for the west; previous War Hawk; supported the American System |
| • Erie Canal: | instant success; reduced travel time; lowered costs of shipping goods; made New York City a center of commerce; led other states to build canals; created economic links between western farms and eastern cities |
| • Why Spain was willing to give up Florida: | Spain was busy fighting rebels in Latin America; couldn’t risk war with the U.S. |
| • Monroe Doctrine: | stated that the U.S. didn’t want Europe to colonize the Americas; U.S. would not interfere in the affairs of European nations or colonies in the Americas; warned European nations not to interfere with the newly independent nations of Latin America |
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