Chapter 14 Vocab of The American Pageant
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| 1456749813 | Self Reliance | What was the name of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay describing a defining characteristic of American frontier life? | 1 | |
| 1456749814 | Rendezvous System | What was the term for the method of fur trade created on the frontier in the 19th century? | 2 | |
| 1456749815 | George Catlin | Who is considered the father of the American park system? | 3 | |
| 1456749816 | No Irish Need Apply | What does the acronym NINA mean? | 4 | |
| 1456749817 | Cotton gin, Interchangeable parts | What two developments by Eli Whitney revolutionized American industry? | 5 | |
| 1456749818 | Samuel Morse | Who was the developer of the American telegraph? | 6 | |
| 1456749819 | Commonwealth v. Hunt | What was the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision that legalized labor unions in that state? | 7 | |
| 1456749820 | Teaching | What profession became open to women after the tireless work of Catharine Beecher? | 8 | |
| 1456749821 | Cult of domesticity | What was the term for the widespread cultural belief that glorified women as homemakers? | 9 | |
| 1456749822 | John Deere | Who was the American innovator who produced an effective steel plow? | 10 | |
| 1456749823 | Lancaster Turnpike | What was the first profitable private major road in America? | 11 | |
| 1456749824 | National (Cumberland) Road | What was the only national interstate constructed prior to the American Civil War? | 12 | |
| 1456749825 | Clipper ships | What was the name of the long, narrow, sail laden craft that sacrificed cargo space for speed? | 13 | |
| 1456749826 | Pony Express | What was the mail delivery system established in 1860 to provide postal service from Missouri to California? | 14 | |
| 1456749827 | Transportation Revolution | What is the term for the period in which turnpikes, canals, and railroads emerged that transformed the American economy? | 15 | |
| 1456749828 | Market Revolution | What is the term for the period in which American was transformed from a subsistence economy of scattered farms and workshops into a national network of industry and commerce? | 16 | |
| 1456749829 | American Dream | What is the term for the ability to move up the class system from poverty to wealth that the text states is often exaggerated in American legend? | 17 |
