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30 Cards in this Set
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Samuel Slater |
A British mechanic AKA ("The factory system father"), also invented the first American machine for spinning cotton. |
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Cyrus McCormick |
Invented the mechanical reaper |
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Eli Whitney |
Inventor of the cotton gin and other interchangeable parts in 1793. |
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Carl Schurz |
A German liberal who was in the midst of slavery and public corruption. Goal was to elevate the American political life. |
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Robert Fulton |
Installed the first steam engine and created the first steam boat, thus led to the transportation revolution. |
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Samuel F.B Morse |
Invented the telegraph |
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DeWitt Clinton |
A leader of government officials who created a plan to link New York City with the Great Lakes. Helped the business world. |
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Catharine Beecher |
Daughter of Harriet Beecher Stowe: encouraged women into the teaching profession. |
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George Catlin |
Painter and a student of the Native American life who helped advocate for the preservation of nature. Proposed national parks idea. Yellowstone- in 1872 was the first. |
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Industrial Revolution |
Inventors began to produce machines that contributed to the growth and wellness of America. |
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Limited Liability |
Business can fail without any person losing their money. |
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Transportation Revolution |
The beginning of better transportation: steamboat, train, roads and canals. |
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Nativism |
Nosy American "nativists", in 1849 formed the Order of the Star Spangled Banner. Fought for political change. |
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Cult of Domesticity |
A widespread culture creed that praised traditional ways and functions of the woman homemaker in 1850. Women overall made the decision that would change the family ways. |
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Ecological Imperialism |
The excessive use of the western natural boundary when hunter and traders almost made the beaver extinct. |
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Factory System |
Invented by Samuel Slater, included the idea of an assembly line and all parts for production would be made in one place. |
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Market Revolution |
A radical change in the manual labor system in the south, then spread to the north and the entire world. North had a more powerful economy. |
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Rendezvous System |
Basically the base of a fur-trapping empire and created friendly relations with the indians. |
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Homesteaders |
People who hoped to gain land from the Homestead Act: 1. File your application 2. Improve the land 3. File for a deed of the land. |
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Scabs |
People who went on strike towards their workplace. |
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Rugged Individualism |
A moral ideology, political philosophy, or social outlook who promote independence and self-reliance. |
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"Clermont" |
Where the first steam engine was installed to. |
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Ancient Order of Hibernians |
An Irish-Catholic organization that required people to be either Catholic, Irish born, or of Irish descent. Acted as a guard to protect Catholic churches from anti-Catholicism forces. |
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General Incorporation Law |
Allows corporations to be formed without a charter from the legislature. |
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Pony Express |
Established in 1860 to carry mail St.Joseph Missouri, to Sacramento,California in 10 days. Rider would trade every 10 miles. |
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Order of the Star Spangled Banner |
An oath-bound secret society in NYC created by Charles Allen in 1849 to protest the rise of Irish, Roman Catholic, and German immigration into the U.S. Also known as the "Know-Nothings". |
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Commonwealth v. Hunt |
A case where the U.S Supreme Court overuled a Massachusetts Supreme Court decision and decided that trade unions were legal and that the right was given to strike or other peaceful acts to raise wages and ban non-union workers. |
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Cotton Gin |
Created by Eli Whitney which increased cotton production in the south and expanded slavery because there was more time for cotton to be planted. |
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"Molly Maguires" |
Members of the secret Irish organization that have been proved responsible for coalfield crimes, and kidnapping in the U.S. |
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Tammany Hall |
A Democratic party that played a major role in controlling New York City politics founded in 1786. |