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True or false These events happened in the following order: Declaration of Indipendence Constitutional Convention Missouri Compromise |
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| changes in the way goods were made in the mid-1700 first appeared in which country? |
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| The Industrial Revolution in America took root in |
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| Why did manufacturing in the U.S. change during the mid - 1800's from cottage industry to factory production? |
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| The U.S. had the ability to produce goods more efficiently. |
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| Development of the factory system in the U.S during the mid-1800's contributed to |
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One of the major economic differences between the South and North before the Civil War was |
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| the South's econimy relied on slave labor, while the North's economy relied on wage labor. |
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| the cotton gin was invented by |
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| Why did New Englands colonies rely on trade? |
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| Because the colonies had a cold climate and poor soil for farming. |
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| Believed high tariffs raised the prices of manufactured goods and one of the chief supporters for state sovereignty. |
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| The revolution that changed the way people worked |
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Missouri Compromise (1820) |
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| goal was to maintain a balance between free and slave states |
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| Whose mill launched the factory system? |
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What are the major elements of free enterprise? |
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| Competition, economic freedom, private property, and profit |
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| Began his political career as a supporter of free trade and the shipping intrests of New England. |
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| The leader who tried to resolve sectional disputes by compromise. |
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| Declared that the U.S. would remain neutral in European wars and demanded that the European powers not establish colonies in the Western hemisphere. |
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| What was one of the reasons for the lack of factories in the south? |
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| The south depended on slavery and had an agricultural economy. |
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| Why was the production of goods made faster in the 1800s? |
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| Because of the invention of interchangeable parts. |
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| How did the steamboat have an important effect on economic development in the U.S.? |
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It was an effecient method of transportating goods. |
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The combination of resources, improved transpertation, and technological breakthroughs all contributed to... |
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the Industrial Revolution |
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True or False Slave labor was the most important factor in growing cotton in the 1800s. |
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Robert Fulton's steamboat aided the economic development of the U.S. by |
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| making transportationon on rivers more effecient. |
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True or False The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 was one of Thomas Jefferson's most important contributions as president. |
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| The power looms in the early 1800s transform the Textile industry and provide new job opportunities for |
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| Alexander Hamilton promoted what type of economic system for the U.S.? |
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Why did industrialization increase in the U.S. in the early 1800s? |
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| Interchangeable parts made the production of goods more efficient. |
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| During the 1700s the textile industry became one of the first to use steam-powered machinery. This technological innovation increased production and led to |
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| greater profits and demand for more workers. |
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| Why was New Orleans a significant port to people living in the Ohio Valley? |
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| It was an important trade center near the mouth of the Mississippi river. |
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True or False The Missouri Compromise did not end slavery in the southern section of the Louisianna Territory. |
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| What technological innovation contributed most to increased trade and settlement along the Mississippi river during the 1800s? |
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| Invaded Spanish East Florida in 1818 |
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chief justice of the Supreme Court |
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| ruled that states could not interfere with interstate commerce |
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| ruled that states could not tax federal banks |
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| gives legal rights to inventions |
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