US History Chapter 11 Study Guide

Who or what was most influential in bringing revival to Yale?

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

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

What did Eli Whitney introduce to American industry?

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

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

By the mid-1800s, what was America’s most important export?

American education during the first half of the nineteenth century introduced all the following except

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

Why were roads so common in early America when boat travel was much cheaper?

What step in wheat production did Cyrus McCormick improve?

Where was the most significant camp meeting revival held?

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

Which revival was led primarily by laymen (non-ministers)?

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

What biblical teaching was misunderstood by Baptist minister Miller?

What state became a model for public education?

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

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

What city became the center of Mormonism?

What did Prohibition seek to change?

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

The most important early American road was

What was America’s first major industry?

What is a turnpike?