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This set covers the main ideas in APUSH Chapter 14- Forging the National Economy (1790-1860).

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105878823Samuel SlaterA British mechanic(AKA "Father of the Factory System in America") that invented the first American machine for spinning cotton0
105878824Cyrus McCormickinventor of the mechanical reaper1
105878825Eli Whitneyinventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts in 17932
105878826Carl Schurza German liberal who was a foe of slavery and public corruption and contributed to the elevation of the American political life3
105878827Robert Fultoninstalled a steam engine and created the first steamboat, contributing to the transportation revolution4
105878828Samuel F.B. Morseinvented the telegraph5
105878829DeWitt Clintonthe leader of government officials who came up with the plan to link New York City to the Great Lakes region(Erie Canal, aka "The Ditch"). It helped connect areas to the business world6
105878830Catharine Beecherthe unmarried daughter of a famous preacher and sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe; she urged women to enter into the teaching profession7
105878831George Catlinpainter and student of the Native American life who helped advocate for the preservation of nature and proposed the idea of National Parks. The first being Yellowstone in 18728
105878832Industrial RevolutionIn America, inventors began to produce helpful systems and machinges that contributed to the growth of America9
105878833Limited LiabilityRefers to the fact that a business with public tosck can fail without any one person losing all of their money10
105878834Transportation RevolutionThe beginning of better transportation ways in America including the steamboat, train, and better roads and canals11
105878835Nativismthe nosier American "nativists" who ralled for political action and in 1849 formed the Order of the Star Spangled Banner12
105878836Cult of Domesticitya widespread culture creed that glorified the traditional functions of the woman homemaker in 1850. Married women commanded immense moral power, and they increasingly made decisions that altered the family.13
105878837Ecological Imperialismthe aggressive use of the Western natural boundary when hunters and traders almost made the beaver extinct14
105878838Factory Systeminvented by Samuel Slater, a method of manufacturing first adopted in England at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1750s. It included the idea of the assembly line and that all parts needed for a product would be made all in one place.15
105878839Market Revolutiona drastic change in the manual labor system originating in south (but was soon moved to the north) and later spread to the entire world. Traditional commerce became outdated with the transportation and industrail revolution. As a result, the north started to have a more powerful economy that was starting to challenge the economies of some mid-sized European cities at the time.16
105878840Rendezvous Systemthe base of the fur-trapping empire. Each summer, traders ventured from St.Louis to the Rocky Mountains where they waited for Indians to show up with beaver pelts to swap for manufacturing goods from the East.17
105878841Homesteaderspeople who were hoping to gain land in the west with the Homestead Act. The Act required 3 steps to receive a deed to land: file an application, improve the land, and file for a deed of the land.18
105878842Domestic Feminisma political movement composed mainly of women, begun in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women's suffrage in the United States and United Kingdom19
105878843Scabspeople who went on strike against their workplace20
105878844Interchangeable partsidentical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing invented by Eli Whitney to conribute to the assembly line21
105878845Rugged individualismthe moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook who promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and so independence and self-reliance22
105878846Cotton gina machine invented by Eli Whitney that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers. It increased thr development of the south and expanded slavery because there was more time for cotton to be planted.23
105878847Boston Associatesa term created by historian Vera Shlakmen in Economic History of a Factory Town, A Study of Chicopee, Massachusetts (1935) to describe a loosely linked group of investors. That included Nathan Appleton, Patrick Tracy Jackson, Abbott Lawrence, and Amos Lawrence24
105878848"Clermont"the ship that Robert Fulton installed the powerful steam engine25
105878849Clipper Shipsvery fast sailing ships of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area26
105878850Ancient order of Hiberniansan Irish Catholic Fraternal Organization that required members to be Catholic and either Irish born or of Irish descent. Its purpose was to act as guards to protect Catholic Churches from anti-Catholic forces in the mid 19th century, and to assist Irish Catholic immigrants, especially those who faced discrimination or harsh coal mining working conditions.27
105878851"Molly Maguires"were members of a secret Irish organization that have been proven responsible for coalfield crimes, and kidnapping in the U.S. rests largely upon allegations of one powerful industrialis28
105878852General Incorporation Lawallows corporations to be formed without a charter from the legislature. It also refers to a law enabling a certain type of corporation, such as a railroad, to exercise eminent domain and other special rights without a charter from the legislature.29
105878853Pony Expresswas established in 1860 to carry mail speedily from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California in 10 days. Riders traded off about every 10 miles30
105878854Commonwealth v. Hunta case in which the U.S. Supreme Court overuled a Massachustetts Supreme Court decision and asseted that trade unions were legal and that they had the right to strike or take other steps of peacuful coercion to raise wages and ban non-union workers31
105878855Tammany Hallwas founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany Society. It was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s32
105878856Order of the Star-Spangled Bannerwas an oath-bound secret society in NYC created by Charles Allen in 1849 to protest the rise of the Irish, Roman Catholic, and German immigration into the U.S. They were also known as the "Know-nothings" because they kept the society a secret.33
105878857Sewing machinewas invented by Elias Howe and perfected in 1846 by Isaac Singer. It became the foundation of the ready-made clothing industry34
105878858Know-nothing partyrefers to the secret society of the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner35

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