U.S. History Ch 11 - The Growth of American Society

The Seneca Falls Convention passed resolutions supporting what important area of reform?

What biblical teaching was misunderstood by Baptist minister Miller?

The cotton gin reduced the # of slaves to clean cotton, but it increased the demand for slaves.

The national patent law & promise of profits caused inventions to flood the United States.

Yale remained unaffected by the Second Great Awakening.

What did Prohibition seek to change?

What did Eli Whitney introduce to American industry?

What early type of painting tried to copy the balanced, restrained styles of Europe?

The most important early American road was

According to William Lloyd Garrison, the treatment of blacks was better in the North than South

New York's Erie Canal proved to be a great investment.

Horace Mann, an orthodox Christian, believed that biblical values had a role in the classroom.

Where was the most significant camp meeting revival held?

Which of the following transportation methods initially cost the most to build?

What is a turnpike?

Which of the following groups were started primarily by a famous American writer?

What was America's first major industry?

To maintain its lead in manufacturing, Britain forbade the skilled workers from leaving.

Harvard became a center of Unitarian teaching.

Which revival was led primarily by laymen.

The Pony Express went broke due to the invention of the telegraph.

The South felt little need to develop manufacturing because cotton was so profitable.

What group became America's largest denomination by the mid-1800s?

William Lloyd Garrison said the Constitution as "a league with death, and a covenant with hell"

What industry developed in America as a result of the discovery of Pennsylvania hard coal?

What was the main problem of water transportation that the steamboat solved?

All romantics shared a belief in man's inherent goodness.

Who became famous for writing short stories & poems that explore the dark side of human nature?

What was the main reason the South lagged behind the North in developing industry?

The Shakers were an orthodox denomination.

What state became a model for public education?

Unitarianism was most popular on the frontier.

What transportation method helped bring an end to the "canal craze"?

What step in cotton production was improved by the cotton gin?

What event was heralded by the words "What God has wrought"?