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| 1765279174 | *Samuel Slater* | Was a textile worker in England; He memorized the plans of the factory in England and implemented them on his factory for spinning thread at Pawtucket, RI; He's known as the "Father of the Factory System". | 0 | |
| 1765279343 | *Cyrus McCormick* | He invented the mechanical mower-reaper that is used to harvest grains such as wheat. | 1 | |
| 1765281133 | *Eli Whitney* | He invented the cotton gin; He also created the idea of "interchangeable parts" where machine-made components of anything could simply be swapped out if one broke. | 2 | |
| 1765282153 | *Robert Fulton* | He is credited with building the first steamboat, the Clermont. | 3 | |
| 1765282793 | Samuel F.B. Morse | He invented the telegraph which provided nearly instant communication; The first words on his "talking wire" were "What hath God wrought?" | 4 | |
| 1765283095 | *DeWitt Clinton* | Governor of New York who began the Erie Canal project and built it using only state money. | 5 | |
| 1765283304 | Catharine Beecher | She was the leading proponent who pushed for women to enter teaching. | 6 | |
| 1765283622 | Industrial Revolution | This began in England when machines and factories began to replace handmade products; America had the resources to become an industrial powerhouse (cheap land, workers, raw materials, and consumers), but it struggled to compete with British in manufacturing. | 7 | |
| 1765283800 | Limited Liability | Allowed that if a company were to go south, an investor would only lose what he/she'd invested (not everything they owned); Overall, promoted the idea of investing. | 8 | |
| 1765284074 | Transportation Revolution | Wanted to link the West with the rest of the nation; Roads, canals, and steamboats linked the nation; South was largely left to use its rivers | 9 | |
| 1765284162 | Nativism | The idea that those born in America were opposed to immigrants; People who believed in this idea complained that immigrants were uneducated, poor, from non-democratic backgrounds, Catholic, and willing to work for next to nothing. | 10 | |
| 1765285317 | Cotton Gin | An invention by Eli Whitney which separate the cotton fiber from the seed; The machine was 50 times more efficient than using hands; Caused south to expand cotton-producing land and increase its desire for slaves; Caused North to expand its factories | 11 | |
| 1765285677 | Clermont | The first steamboat that was built by Robert Fulton; Invention was claimed to radically change the transportation structure by making rivers two-way instead of one-way | 12 | |
| 1765285762 | Clipper Ships | Boats which were used to haul cargo to foreign nations (notably China); These boats were long, sleek, and very fast. | 13 | |
| 1765286594 | Pony Express | A method of transportation that carried mail from Missouri to California (2,000 miles) in 10 days; Lasted 2 years before being replaced by trans-continental telegraph wire which gave instant communication. | 14 | |
| 1765286854 | Commonwealth v. Hunt | A Massachusetts Supreme Court case which ultimately legalized labor unions. | 15 | |
| 1765287154 | Order of the Star Spangled Banner | Better known as the "Know-Nothings"; They were called this since they'd answer any inquiry with, "I know nothing"; Fed off of fear and sensational stories; Violence also flared up, usually directed at the Irish Catholics; They were attacking the idea of a "melting pot". | 16 | |
| 1765556577 | Carl Schurz | A lanky, public-spirited, and zealous German liberal; A relentless foe of slavery and public corruption, contributed richly to the elevation of American political life. | 17 | |
| 1765556997 | Cult of Domesticity | Belief in Middle and Upper Classes in US and Britain ; Women embodied perfect virtues in all senses. | 18 | |
| 1765557559 | Boston Associates | An investment capital company formed by fifteen Boston families; Eventually dominated the textile, railroad, insurance, and banking business of MA. | 19 | |
| 1765558871 | Ancient Order of Hibernians | Semisecret Irish society that became a benevolent society aiding Irish immigrants in America. | 20 | |
| 1765560501 | "Molly Maguires" | A shadowy Irish miners' union that rocked the Pennsylvania coal districts in the 1860s and 1870s | 21 | |
| 1765561139 | General Incorporation Law | Laws of "free incorporation,'' first passed in New York in 1848, meant that businessmen could create corporations without applying for individual charters from the legislature." | 22 | |
| 1765561428 | *Tammany Hall* | Most notorious political machine; NY city; Marcy Tweed also know as Boss Tweed became head in 1863. | 23 | |
| 1765561975 | Sewing Machine | A machine that could make two hundred and fifty stitches a minute, five times what the swiftest hand sewer could do. | 24 |
