American History A Survey Tenth Edition by Alan Brinkley Chapter 10 & 11 Terms/Vocab
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| 2423391670 | Sectionalism | Restriction of interests to a narrow sphere ->(Loyalty to ones own region of country) | 0 | |
| 2423391671 | Elias Howe | American inventor & sewing machine pioneer -> (Howe likes to sow) | 1 | |
| 2423391672 | Isaac Singer | American inventor, actor, & entrepreneur. Made improvements to sowing machine & was the founder of Singer Sewing Machine Company. | 2 | |
| 2423391673 | Charles Goodyear | American inventor of vulcanized rubber. ->(Goodyear Tires) | 3 | |
| 2423391674 | Erie Canal | An artificial waterway connecting the Hudson River and Lake Erie. | 4 | |
| 2423391675 | Railroads | VERY important. Improved transportation & increase in economic aspect. Predominant in north rather than south. | 5 | |
| 2423391676 | B & O Railroad | 1st common carrier & Class I railroad in the US. | 6 | |
| 2423391677 | Stephen Douglas | American politician and designer of Kansas-Nebraska Act. | 7 | |
| 2423391678 | Samuel Morse | American painter & inventor of single wire telegraph system. | 8 | |
| 2423391679 | Western Union Telegraph | Made to created a widespread telegraph system across the nation. | 9 | |
| 2423391680 | Richard Hoe | American inventor who made the steam cylinder rotary press. Makes printing papers cheaper & faster. -> (Richard rotary press) | 10 | |
| 2423391681 | Newspapers | 1st appeared in NYC , the New York Sun. | 11 | |
| 2423391682 | Horace Greeley | Founder of New York Tribune, major anti-slavery leader, & republican presidential candidate. | 12 | |
| 2423391683 | Immigration | 2.2 million people in the US during 1830's came from Ireland, Germany, England, France, Italy, Scandinavia, Poland, & Holland. | 13 | |
| 2423391684 | Nativism | Policy of favoring native-born people over foreign-born ones. ->(Favoring of natives of the land) | 14 | |
| 2423391685 | Native American Association | Secret society created to fight nativists called the "alien menace." Began agitating immigrants. | 15 | |
| 2423391686 | Know Nothing Party | Secret organization alarmed by rising number of catholic immigrants decided to act against them. | 16 | |
| 2423391687 | Lowell Girls/Female Labor Reform Association | Unmarried women who used to work and earn money. They worked long hours for low wages. Some decided to protest for 10-hr work days & mill condition improvements. | 17 | |
| 2423391688 | Express Contract | A contract that a worker voluntary enters into calling for more time on the job. | 18 | |
| 2423391689 | Commonwealth v. Hunt | Massachusetts Supreme Judaical Court ruling that labor unions are not illegal nor responsible for illegal acts of members. | 19 | |
| 2423391690 | Godey's Lady Books | US magazine purchased in Philadelphia. It dealt with fashions, shopping and homemaking advice, and domestic concerns. | 20 | |
| 2423391691 | Cult of Domesticity | Expressed new ideas of femininity | 21 | |
| 2423391692 | Agriculture | Cultivation of animals& plant for food. Most common in south. | 22 | |
| 2423391693 | Cyrus McCormick | Founder of McCormick harvesting machine company. Created the mechanical reaper. | 23 | |
| 2423391694 | John Deere | Invented the steel plow, which significantly decreased the labor needed to plow in hard fields. | 24 | |
| 2423391695 | Jerome Case | Improved the reaper & thresher. | 25 | |
| 2423391696 | James Debow | American publisher of famous magazine Debow Review. | 26 | |
| 2423391697 | Debow Review | Magazine about industrial, agricultural, and commercial processes. | 27 | |
| 2423391698 | Slavery | Enslavement of people without pay. Prevalent in the south and increased because of cotton gin. | 28 | |
| 2423391699 | Task System/Gang System | Slaves were assigned several specific tasks within a day. When those tasks were finished, slaves could have time to themselves. | 29 | |
| 2423391700 | Peculiar Institution | A term referring to slavery in the south. | 30 | |
| 2423391701 | Slave Resistance | Slaves rising up to fight for freedom. Sometimes in revolts but mostly by running away. | 31 | |
| 2423391702 | Gabriel Prosser/Nat Turner | Both staged slave rebellions. Both failed. | 32 | |
| 2423391703 | Underground Railroad | A network of abolitionists that secretly helped slaves escape to freedom by setting up hiding places and routes to the North. Harriet Tubman is a key person to its success. | 33 | |
| 2423391704 | Eli Whitney | Inventor of cotton gin, that would separate seeds from the cotton. This invention caused an increase in slavery. | 34 | |
| 2423391705 | De Witt Clinton | New York governor who ordered the construction of the Erie Canal. | 35 | |
| 2423391706 | Sambo | Terms used to say "playing dumb" | 36 | |
| 2423391707 | Textile | 1st industry in America | 37 | |
| 2423391708 | Slave Code | Referring to slave laws | 38 | |
| 2423391709 | Duels | Chivalry Code + Inferiority Complex = Influx in duels in the south. | 39 |
