Chapter 10 Study Planner
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Miguel Hidalgo | He was the Mexican priest. He helped Mexico gain there indepence. |
| Henry Clay | He wrote a speech about the American system. |
| John C. Calhoun | Was one of the War Hawks who had called for war with Great Britain in 1812. |
| Daniel Webster | Began his political career as a supporter of free trade and the shipping interests of New England. |
| Eli Whitney | He invented the cotton gin. |
| Why were canals important and what were specific ones that were popular/important? | Canals were important because they made trading easier and faster. The canals gave the ships more travel was. Lake Erie was an popular canal. |
| Who was Francis Cabot Lowell? | He was an American businessman whom the city of Lowell, Massachusetts is named. He was instrumental in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States. |
| What do you know about the cotton gin. | It was a machine made by Eli Whitney, it took seeds out of cotton fibers. |
| What was the Adams-Onis Treaty? | A treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now Mexico). It settled a standing border dispute between the two countries and was considered a triumph of American diplomacy. |
| Explain what the Missouri Compromise was.... | The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving mainly the slavery in the western territories. It made Louisiana a nonslaved state and made Missouri a slaved state making the slave free and slavery states equal. |
| Explain the "Era of Good Feelings".. | Potical differences faded away, the United States gained a new president James Monroe. Business and economy improved adn the government liked each other. |
| Explain the "American System" | Writen by Henry Clay, The American System, originally called "The American Way", was a mercantilist economic plan that played a prominent role in American policy during the first half of the 19th century. Consisted of three mutually reinforcing parts: a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other 'internal improvements' to develop profitable markets for agriculture. |
| Explain the first census | ... |
| Explain how the Industrial Revolution started | Starting in the later part of the 18th century, there began a transition in parts of Great Britain's previously manual labour and draft-animal-based economy towards machine-based manufacturing. It started with the mechanisation of the textile industries, the development of iron-making techniques and the increased use of refined coal. |
| Explain some of th euniqu inventions from the Industrial Revolution | Steam power fulled by coal, wider utilisation of water wheels and powered machinery. |
| Explain the Monroe Doctrine | The Monroe Doctrine is a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention |
| Explain Sectionalism | ... |
| James Monroe | ... |
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