APUSH chapter 14 ("The American Pageant" 13th edition) Flashcards
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| 3378121728 | Regional Specialization | North= industrial revolution West= agriculture South= cash crop economy | 0 | |
| 3378141554 | Reason for population increase during market revolution | Immigration, western expansion | 1 | |
| 3378144744 | Reasons for spike in immigration | Lots of land, jobs in factories, American freedom and opportunity, irish potato famine | 2 | |
| 3378177937 | Struggles of Irish immigrants | hard labor for low wages, victims of prejudice= stealing jobs, anti-catholicism -important for democratic party | 3 | |
| 3378187401 | Characteristics of German immigrants | extremely diverse group: mix of religions and social classes, settle in NW territory | 4 | |
| 3378193010 | Reasons for nativists | -immigrants 'stole' their jobs -ruined culture -outvote native US people | 5 | |
| 3378196515 | Know Nothing Party | group of american nativists that advocated for restrictions on immigrations | 6 | |
| 3378200584 | Inventions in northern manufacturing | Samuel Slater- memorized plans for machinery from Eng. Eli Whitney-interchangeable parts=mass production Samuel Morse-telegraph(revolution in communication) | 7 | |
| 3378207483 | Changes in work in North | factories, long hours/low wages/dangerous, wage slaves | 8 | |
| 3378209805 | Lowell System | factory in Mass. worked by New England farmers daughters (later Irish women) | 9 | |
| 3378212388 | Commonwealth v. Hunt | labor unions were allowed by Mass. supreme court | 10 | |
| 3378217402 | impact of factory work in north | northern economic advantage in civil war | 11 | |
| 3378222823 | Transportation revolutions | steamboats=cheaper turnpikes=facilitate commerce erie canal=linked great lakes w hudson river railroads=fast, more reliable,cheaper than canals | 12 | |
| 3378232404 | Impact of transportation revolution | continental economy emerged (by 1860) & extended markets | 13 | |
| 3378235084 | Farming inventions | mccormick reaper=cut and gather more crops john deere-steele plow=broke through the soil eli whitney-cotton gin=demand for slaves, northern factories needed this cotton elias howe-sewing machine=first advertised consumer product | 14 | |
| 3378249720 | Consequences of farming inventions | -substinence farming gave rise to large scale farming -demand for more land and machinery (increased debt amongst farmers) -need better transportation | 15 | |
| 3378259926 | Economic transformation during rise of national economy | small farms and workshops to industry and commerce | 16 | |
| 3378260998 | "Cult of Domesticity" | glorified woman as the homemaker | 17 | |
| 3378266753 | Ecological imperialism | Exploitation of west's national resources | 18 |