The American Pageant: Chapter 16
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| stories that spread on the frontier | ||
| popular pioneer sport | ||
| author of "Self Reliance" | ||
| the willingness of individuals to stand along and struggle long and hard to survive and prosper | ||
| grew very well after cane was burned off fields in Kentucky | ||
| animal whose pelts were popular among American fur-trappers in the Rocky Mountains | ||
| aggressive and often heedless exploitation of Western America's natural resources | ||
| one of the first Americans to advocate the preservation of nature as a natl policy; created Yellowstone Park | ||
| created by George Catlin | ||
| letters sent home by immigrants describing the better US life | ||
| period referring to the rot in Ireland that caused their main export, the potato, to fail. 2 million Irishmen died and over a million and a half for the US | ||
| derogatory term for Irish women who took jobs as kitchen maids | ||
| derogatory term for Irish men who took jobs on canals and railroads | ||
| sign often put outside of factory gates | ||
| in Ireland, it was a semisecret society to fight landlords; in America, it aided the downtrodden | ||
| shadowy Irish miners' union in PA coal districts | ||
| New York City's famous political machine | ||
| German liberal, foe of slavery, elevated US political life | ||
| day of rest for German where they drank beer | ||
| feared foreigners would overwhelm "native" Americans | ||
| current number 1 religion in America | ||
| wanted rigid restrictions on immigration and naturalization | ||
| nickname for the Order of the Star Spangled Banner; nativist political organization | ||
| author of Awful Disclosures | ||
| "Father of the Factory System"; brought plans for British machinery to America | ||
| inventor of the cotton gin | ||
| machine that separated seeds from cotton; invented by Eli Whitney | ||
| nickname of the most prosperous crop in the south | ||
| river that provided water power in New Englands | ||
| Identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing; invented by Eli Whitney | ||
| made sewing machine | ||
| perfected sewing machine | ||
| permitted individual investors to risk no more than his own share | ||
| 15 families that formed early investment capital companies | ||
| businessmen could create corporations w/out individual charters | ||
| where children were sent in factories if they misbehaved | ||
| labor unions are not illegal conspiracies if their methods are "honorable and peaceful" | ||
| Young, single women from New England farms that had experience for the textile industry and were cheaper to hire than males. Lived in company-owned boardinghouses where older women acted as chaperones. | ||
| urged women to enter teaching profession | ||
| idealized view of women & home; women, self-less caregiver for children, refuge for husbands | ||
| Belief that women had the right to complete freedom within the home | ||
| produced a steel plow that could break soil | ||
| made mechanical mower-reaper | ||
| 62 miles long, in PA | ||
| road from Maryland to Illinois | ||
| nickname for National Road |