Chapter 11: Growth and Expansion

official count of the population

the nation’s first federally funded highway

Where did the United States's Industrial Revolution begin?

In what area did many new industrial towns develop?

Who developed the system of interchangeable parts?

area defined by a feature or characteristic

invented cotton gin

What program called for a tariff to stimulate growth of American industries?

What was a significant development in the way goods were made?

How far west did the National Road reach?

Which of the following called for a stop to European colonization of the Americas?

What was the purpose of Henry Clay’s American System?

gives legal right to inventions

How did the British try to protect their inventions?

Which road connected Ohio with the East?

Corporations developed rapidly in the 1830s when legal obstacles to their formation were removed.

factory workers

type of business that can have many owners

As political differences began to fade away, what phrase was used to describe the years after the War of 1812?

Economic freedom, profit, private property, and competition are the major elements of which type of economic system?

chartered in 1816 by Congress

equipment that makes use of knowledge and skill to solve a problem or do a task

Where did most Americans live at the time of the first census?

Which of the following is one of the major elements of free enterprise?

Miguel Hidalgo led the movement for independence in Venezuela and Colombia.

What happened as a result of the formation of the Second Bank of the United States?

Which revolution changed the way people worked?

Daniel Boone, an early western pioneer, explored a Native American trail through the Appalachian Mountains.

The period in history when many people left their homes and farms to work in mills was called the Industrial Revolution.

Libraries, museums, and a variety of shops were in plentiful supply in rural America in the 1800s.

Republican candidate for president in 1816 election

changed how people worked

What was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution?

When Spanish officials realized that they could not hold Florida against the Americans, what did they do?

a market where there is only one provider

In which country did changes in the way goods were made in the mid-1700s first appear?

Who invented the cotton gin?

loyalty to a region

kept an even balance of power in the Senate

gave control of Florida to the United States

James Monroe faced many Federalist candidates during the 1816 presidential election.

Which of these means of transportation contributed to the growth of river cities such as Cincinnati?

The National Road helped connect the new state of Ohio with the South.

toll road

How did business and government officials plan to connect New York City with the Great Lakes Region?

chief justice of the Supreme Court

What helped increase cotton production?

What were roads consisting of logs laid side by side called?

uniform pieces

What gives inventors sole legal rights to their invention and its profits?

money for investment

Who was known as “The Great Compromiser” and believed strongly in the United States?

invaded Spanish East Florida in 1818

In a capitalist system, the government owns property and decides how to use it.

Why did the period of national harmony end?

In three decisions in the early 1800s, whose powers were backed by the Supreme Court?

What are the separate canal compartments called where the water levels are raised or lowered?

What does Monroe say should give American citizens joy?

In the quote by President James Monroe, in the years following the War of 1812 Americans had a new spirit of

building of roads, bridges, and canals

nicknamed “The Great Compromiser”

designed the Clermont

economic activity taking place between two or more states

New England offered ideal conditions for farming.

Created in 1823, what became an important part of American foreign policy?

What was available in New England that was needed to run factory machinery?

Where did early pioneer families tend to settle in communities?

A patent gives a person legal rights regarding an invention.

How was the balance between the North and the South preserved in the Senate?

Whose mill launched the factory system?