8th grade History - chapter 12

Transportation in mid 1800's, more versatile, less expensive,quicker; operates in all weather

Don't believe in the Trinity or that Jesus is God, man could live moral life to please God

Expensive to build & to keep up, impassable in the winter, could not compete with the railroad

Mechanical Reaper

Country the US wanted to open up trade with to offer safe harbors, sailor assistance; had coal

Grandson of Jonathon Edwards, president of Yale, preached Bible Doctrine, revival at Yale

Shallow, man-made water highway that connects two bodies of water

Early form of transportation; going downstream worked fine, upstream was hard; became firewood 

Responsible for the building of the Erie Canal

Built the first American steam locomotive

Taught man was good & could reach perfection, everything is part of God, God is in every man

Which areas of the country developed most of the total mileage of railroads in America?

Road, a series of old Indian trails; started in Philadelphia eventually ended in Augusta, GA

Preacher/writer that spread Unitarianism throughout New England

America's most famous evangelist in the 1830s; reached large crowds through "new measures"

Writer that created and influenced the spread of Transcendentalism through his writings

Steel plow

Invention improved factory system; large #'s of identical parts made at low cost, fewer workers

First postmaster general appointed by the Continental Congress

The name of Robert Fulton's steamboat

Credited with making the steamboat an economic success in America

Spiritual revival that swept throughout the nation in the mid 1800s

Inventor of the telegraph

Road, west off the Great Wagon Road; started in VA and went through KY; built by Daniel Boone

A New England cloth maker, organized a mill town for girls

His sewing machine called for a foot pedal; sued for infringing on Howe's patent; patent pool

Relay where riders carried mail on horseback from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, CA

Which of the following was not a way steamboats helped America?

Roads built by private companies

Americans developed the fastest ships on the seas in the 1840s

Most famous American canal, connected Albany, New York to Lake Erie

Convention that discussed women's rights and proposed the female right to vote

Two leaders who led the way in helping women eventually get the right to vote

American naval officer who was sent to Japan to open up trade with the Japanese; successful

Invention helped increase trade between the east and west; New Orleans, Cincinnati & Pittsburgh

Which country welcomed ginseng and furs?

Which of the following was not a result of the Second Great Awakening

Owner of an abolitionists newspaper, "The Liberator"

Which invention revitalized the slave industry in the south, cleaned 50 lbs. of cotton daily

What ship went to China carrying 30 tons of ginseng, hoping to trade for silk, tea, and spices?

Who invented the cotton gin?

America's first Trade Minister to China; opened America's first trading company in China

The reform movement that wanted to get rid of slavery

Developed the first public schools in America; longer school days, divided children into grades

First to patent a sewing machine; 1846

First federally funded road; started in Cumberland Maryland and went to Vandalia, Illlinois

Which of the following is not a reason why the use of canals declined?

American who was the first to circumnavigate the world

Immigrants planned to come to US to own their own farms; well-liked, well-educated, Protestant

Biggest group of immigrants who came to America due to a potato famine; were resented

A fee paid for the use of a private road

Which system put workers and machines together

Which of the following was a bad result of the rise in industry except

Ideal area for factory system: lots of water & forests, short growing season/poor soil, people

Peter Cooper's train

Which of the following was not a good result of the rise in industry?

Workers joined together to try and make working conditions better; 10 hour days/end child labor

Father of the American Factory System; came from England

Railroads helped three types of people

Which invention put the Pony Express out of business?

Type of writing style emphasized emotional, colorful, & imaginative; stressed the individual