APUSH American Pageant Chapter 14 Flashcards

1972349314	How would you characterize life on the frontier?	Downright grim for most pioneer families	0
1972350132	How did pioneering Americans become marooned by geography?	...	1
1972350874	What was the effect of the dramatic growth of cities between 1800-1860?	resulted in unsanitary conditions	2
1972351682	How can "ecological imperialism" best be described?	aggressive exploitation of the West's bounty	3
1972352600	When the Irish flocked to the US in the 1840s, why did they stay in the larger seaport cities?	too poor to move west and buy land	4
1972356694	Why did native-born Protestant Americans distrust and resent the Irish?	Irish were Roman Catholic (not protestant)	5
1972357391	What caused German immigrants to come to the US?	Escape economic hardships and autocratic gov't	6
1972358505	What can you conclude about German immigrants in the US?	they prospered with astonishing ease	7
1972359056	What is it called when there is fear and opposition to open immigration?	Nativism	8
1972359824	What can you conclude about immigrants coming to the US before 1860?	They helped to fuel economic expansion	9
1972360890	Who was the "Father of the Factory System" in the US?	Samuel Slater	10
1972362786	What happened to most of the cotton produced in the American South in the early 1800s?	Sold to England	11
1972363355	What began the American phase of the industrial revoltion?	textile mills	12
1972364611	What characterized the American work force in the early 1800s?	Substantial employment of women and children in factories	13
1972365758	How did the Massachusetts Supreme Court rule in the case of Commonwealth v Hunt?	By saying labor unions weren't illegal conspiracies	14
1972366144	What was the "Cult of Domesticity"?	Glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers	15
1972366756	What was the trend of 19th century families?	Getting smaller	16
1972367252	What was one of the goals of the child-centered family of the 1800s?	Raise independent individuals	17
1972368196	What problems were faced by Western road building?	Expense, states' rights advocates oppostion, eastern states oppose, wartime interruptions	18
1972368646	What was the underlying basis for modern production?	...	19
1972370153	By 1850, what products were produced by the American factory system?	textiles, boots and shoes, firearms, and sewing machines	20
1972370516	Where was the major region for steamboats transporting freight and passengers?	West and South rivers	21
1972371270	For some farmers what was the effect of constructing the Erie Canal?	forced New England farmers to move or change occupations	22
1972371817	Compared with canals, how were railroads different?	Railroads could be built almost anywhere	23
1972373722	In the new continental economy, what did the South, West, and East each specialize in?	South- grew cotton West- grew grains and livestock to feed factory workers East- made machines and textiles for other two regions	24
1972375016	Regarding transportation, what bound the West and South together, and what connected West and East?	West & South by steamboats West & East by steamboats and canals	25
1972375323	As the new continental market grew, what was viewed as a refuge?	The home	26
1972376214	What was a major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolution?	A steady improvement in average wages & standard way of living	27
1972376471	What event brought in the "canal era" of American history?	Erie Canal in NY	28
1972377048	Where were most early railroads in the US built?	North	29