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Samuel Slater

A British mechanic AKA ("The factory system father"), also invented the first American machine for spinning cotton.

Cyrus McCormick

Invented the mechanical reaper

Eli Whitney

Inventor of the cotton gin and other interchangeable parts in 1793.

Carl Schurz

A German liberal who was in the midst of slavery and public corruption. Goal was to elevate the American political life.

Robert Fulton

Installed the first steam engine and created the first steam boat, thus led to the transportation revolution.

Samuel F.B Morse

Invented the telegraph

DeWitt Clinton

A leader of government officials who created a plan to link New York City with the Great Lakes. Helped the business world.

Catharine Beecher

Daughter of Harriet Beecher Stowe: encouraged women into the teaching profession.

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.

Industrial Revolution

Inventors began to produce machines that contributed to the growth and wellness of America.

Limited Liability

Business can fail without any person losing their money.

Transportation Revolution

The beginning of better transportation: steamboat, train, roads and canals.

Nativism

Nosy American "nativists", in 1849 formed the Order of the Star Spangled Banner. Fought for political change.

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.

Ecological Imperialism

The excessive use of the western natural boundary when hunter and traders almost made the beaver extinct.

Factory System

Invented by Samuel Slater, included the idea of an assembly line and all parts for production would be made in one place.

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.

Rendezvous System

Basically the base of a fur-trapping empire and created friendly relations with the indians.

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.

Scabs

People who went on strike towards their workplace.

Rugged Individualism

A moral ideology, political philosophy, or social outlook who promote independence and self-reliance.

"Clermont"

Where the first steam engine was installed to.

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.

General Incorporation Law

Allows corporations to be formed without a charter from the legislature.

Pony Express

Established in 1860 to carry mail St.Joseph Missouri, to Sacramento,California in 10 days. Rider would trade every 10 miles.

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".

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.

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.

"Molly Maguires"

Members of the secret Irish organization that have been proved responsible for coalfield crimes, and kidnapping in the U.S.

Tammany Hall

A Democratic party that played a major role in controlling New York City politics founded in 1786.