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APUSH chapter 14 ("The American Pageant" 13th edition) Flashcards

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3378121728Regional SpecializationNorth= industrial revolution West= agriculture South= cash crop economy0
3378141554Reason for population increase during market revolutionImmigration, western expansion1
3378144744Reasons for spike in immigrationLots of land, jobs in factories, American freedom and opportunity, irish potato famine2
3378177937Struggles of Irish immigrantshard labor for low wages, victims of prejudice= stealing jobs, anti-catholicism -important for democratic party3
3378187401Characteristics of German immigrantsextremely diverse group: mix of religions and social classes, settle in NW territory4
3378193010Reasons for nativists-immigrants 'stole' their jobs -ruined culture -outvote native US people5
3378196515Know Nothing Partygroup of american nativists that advocated for restrictions on immigrations6
3378200584Inventions in northern manufacturingSamuel Slater- memorized plans for machinery from Eng. Eli Whitney-interchangeable parts=mass production Samuel Morse-telegraph(revolution in communication)7
3378207483Changes in work in Northfactories, long hours/low wages/dangerous, wage slaves8
3378209805Lowell Systemfactory in Mass. worked by New England farmers daughters (later Irish women)9
3378212388Commonwealth v. Huntlabor unions were allowed by Mass. supreme court10
3378217402impact of factory work in northnorthern economic advantage in civil war11
3378222823Transportation revolutionssteamboats=cheaper turnpikes=facilitate commerce erie canal=linked great lakes w hudson river railroads=fast, more reliable,cheaper than canals12
3378232404Impact of transportation revolutioncontinental economy emerged (by 1860) & extended markets13
3378235084Farming inventionsmccormick reaper=cut and gather more crops john deere-steele plow=broke through the soil eli whitney-cotton gin=demand for slaves, northern factories needed this cotton elias howe-sewing machine=first advertised consumer product14
3378249720Consequences of farming inventions-substinence farming gave rise to large scale farming -demand for more land and machinery (increased debt amongst farmers) -need better transportation15
3378259926Economic transformation during rise of national economysmall farms and workshops to industry and commerce16
3378260998"Cult of Domesticity"glorified woman as the homemaker17
3378266753Ecological imperialismExploitation of west's national resources18

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