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8th Grade
02/27/2012

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Chapter 11 8th Grade Mr. DiTizio
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Erie Canal
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links Albany to Buffalo
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Capitalist
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person who invests in a business
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Sectionalism
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loyalty to one's state rather than one's nation
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Monroe Doctrine
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no interference in affairs with foreign nations
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Intervention
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direct involvement
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James Hargreaves
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invented the 'spinning jenny'
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Eli Whitney
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invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
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Samuel Slater
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sold British factory designs to America
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John Fitch
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demonstrated the first steamboat design at the Constitutional Convention
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Robert Fulton
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developed a steamboat known as the 'Clermont'
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capital
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the first thing factory owners need to finance their business
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This is true about water transportation
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steamboats allowed farmers to ship goods more quickly and cheaply
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Simon Bolivar was known as "The Liberator" because
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he freed colonies in South America from Spanish rule
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One way America improved their roads in the early 1800's
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Congress approved funds to build a National Road
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In Lowell, Massachusetts
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factory workers both lived and worked in the town
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The United States got Florida from Spain
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by buying it for $5 million
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Congress helped American Industry after the War of 1812
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by establishing the second Bank of the United States
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The effect sectionalism had on the Era of Good Feelings
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In Congress, representatives from different sections clashed
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Daily life in a factory in the early 1800's
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The employees, mostly women and children, worked long hours
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Private companies paid for the construction and maintenance of turnpikes
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with tolls collected from travelers
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The first successful mill of the Industrial Revolution made
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textiles
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Improvement Americans made on roads in the early 1800's
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they used gravel and corduroy surfaces
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Agreement that resulted in the United States taking possession of Florida
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the Adams-Onis Treaty
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John C. Calhoun
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supported slavery
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A result of the development of canals in the early 1800's
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canals allowed western farmers to ship goods directly to eastern cities
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Congress protected American manufacturers after the War of 1812 by
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raising tariffs on imported goods
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Daily life in a factory in the early 1800's
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All employees, including children, worked 12 hours a day, 6 days a week
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Daniel Webster's view about slavery
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Slavery is morally evil and should be ended immediately
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Be able to write a paragraph about How the Industrial Revolution changed the United States OR How transportation improved in the United States in the early 1800's.
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The Industrial Revolution
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was a slow process that changed the ways goods were produced
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