Chapter 10- America's Economic Revolution

	Type of economy that dominated in cities and was based largely on overseas trade
	Type of economy that dominated much of the nation by the 1810's and was based on farming
	A national and international type of economy that even most farmers were a part of
	An idea held in the North in constrast to the idea of slavery which dominated in the South
	System that marked the beginning of the Industrial revolution and it brought all the elements of manufacturing under one roof
	Its construction began in 1817 and ended in 1825 providing a route through the Great Lakes, giving direct access to the West
	Believe that grew in native-born Americans as more and more foreign-born immigrants came into the country.Many believed they were inferior overlooking their European heritage
	Nativists that held a convention and created this party in Philadelphia in 1845
	The way railroads gained substantial assistance from the federal government in the form of land
	Succeeded in transmitting a telegrpah from Baltimore to Washington
	A major metropolitan newspaper in New York that gave serious attention to national and international events
	Obtained a charter by a special act of state legislature and combined the resources of many shareholders
	Entrepreneurs who were engaged primarily in foreign and domestic trade and who at times invested some of their profits in small-scale manufacturing ventures
	Independent craft workers who owned and managed their own shops as small businessmen that were not likely to flock to factory jobs
	Workers who got factory jobs but were not numerous enough in the 1820-30's to form a reservoir from which the new industries could draw
	Formed when several Nativists groups combined in the 1850 and demanded banning the foreign-born from holding office
	A nativist movement whose members used secret passwords such as "I know nothing"
	Political organization that was created after the election of 1852 by the Know-Nothings
	TIme during 1790s to 1820s where most Americans relied on roads for internal transportation
	Vastly improved internal transportation by water in 1820s because it made traveling upsteam much quicker
	Became the governor of New York and advocated the construction of the Eerie Canal
	River in New York and after the completion of the Eerie canal, it was connected to the Great Lakes
	First company to begin actual operations of te railroads and opened 13 miles of track in 1830
	A network of roads that went through and connected US cities