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26 Cards in this Set
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Industrial Revolution
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Age of machinery that changed the way that goods were produced
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Spinning Jenny
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A textile machine that could spin several threads at once
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Capital
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Money
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Capitalist
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A person who invests in a business in order to make a profit
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Factory System
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Production line that brought workers and machinery together in the same place
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Interchangeable Parts
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Used to make gun repair easier; was the idea of having all machine-manufactured parts alike
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Lowell Girls
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Young women hired from nearby farms to work at textile mills before returning home and marrying
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Urbanization
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The movement of population from living and working on farms to living and working in the city
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Flatboats
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Boats used to carry heavy loads in shallow water
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Turnpikes
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Privately owned roads made of stone or gravel that required a toll from all travelers
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Lancaster Turnpike
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The best road in the United States; linked Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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National Road
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A congress approved road in 1806; ran from Maryland to Virginia. Complete in 1818.
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Clermont
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Robert Fulton's steamboat; ran on the Hudson River.
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Erie Canal
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A canal that linked the Great Lakes and the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers; was built to let Western Farmers ship goods to New York.
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Sectionalism
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Loyalty to one's State or Section rather than to the Nation as a whole.
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American System
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Henry Clay's plan for economic growth; called for high taxes on imports.
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Court ruled that states had no right to interfere with federal institutions within their borders.
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Supreme Court upheld the power of the federal government to regulate trade between states.
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Interstate Commerce
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Trade between different states.
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Creole
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People born to Spanish parents.
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Republic of Great Colombia
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Included the present-day nations of Venesuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama.
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United Provinces of Central America
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Included present-day nations of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
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Negro Fort
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Contained 1,000 Negro slaves that escaped from Georgia and South Carolina. US general wanted Spain to demolish the fort. Spain refused and US took over and destroyed it.
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Spain agreed to give Florida to the US for $5 million in 1821.
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Monroe Doctrine
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President Monroe's bold foreign policy statement.
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Intervention
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Direct involvement.
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