AP US History: Chapter 14 Market Revolution Flashcards
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| 5457929206 | Regional Specialization | Regions developing distinct economies | 0 | |
| 5457929207 | Diverging Economic Systems | Regional political and economic loyalties often overshadowed national concerns | 1 | |
| 5457929208 | Regional specialization @North | Industrial Revolution | 2 | |
| 5457929209 | Regional specialization @South | Cash Crops | 3 | |
| 5457929210 | Regional specialization @West | Agriculture (Wheat, Livestock) | 4 | |
| 5457929211 | Why did the population increase during the Market Revolution? | High birthrates Immigration (Irish, German, English) | 5 | |
| 5457929212 | What did population increase result in? | Growth of cities Western Expansion | 6 | |
| 5457929213 | What did Western Expansion raise an issue in? | Slavery | 7 | |
| 5457929214 | When did immigration spike and why? | 1851-1855 Available land Available factory jobs American freedom Irish potato famine @mid 1840s | 8 | |
| 5457929215 | Irish Immigrants | In cities Did hard labor for low wages Victims of prejudice (stole jobs) (were catholic) Politically important= Supported democrats | 9 | |
| 5457929216 | German Immigrants | Extremely diverse In Old Northwest, in German communities Escaped economic hardships and autocratic government | 10 | |
| 5457929217 | Why were Nativists formed? | Foreigners took jobs from "native" Americans Foreigners could outvote "native" Americans Foreigners could ruin American culture | 11 | |
| 5457929218 | Who were Nativists comprised of? | Roman Catholics | 12 | |
| 5457929219 | Know Nothing Party | Group of American Nativists Advocated for restrictions on immigration | 13 | |
| 5457929220 | Overall impact of immigration | America is more racially and ethnically diverse | 14 | |
| 5457929221 | Samuel Slater | "Father of the Factory System" | 15 | |
| 5457929222 | Eli Whitney | Interchangeable parts which led to mass production | 16 | |
| 5457929223 | Samuel Morse | Invents the telegraph | 17 | |
| 5457929224 | Lowell System | Factory in Massachusetts Labor done by New England women | 18 | |
| 5457929225 | Commonwealth v Hunt | Labor unions were allowed by Massachusetts supreme court Gave North advantage in Civil War | 19 | |
| 5457929226 | Robert Fulton | Developed steamboat Clermont Cheaper transportation | 20 | |
| 5457929227 | Railroads | Fast More Reliable Cheaper than canals Popular in North | 21 | |
| 5457929228 | Continental Economy by 1860 | Extended markets | 22 | |
| 5457929229 | Cyrus McCormick | McCormick Reaper Cuts and gathers more crops | 23 | |
| 5457929230 | John Deere | Steel plow Broke through soil | 24 | |
| 5457929231 | New farming inventions leads to what? | Transition from subsistence farming to large scale farming Demand for more land and more machinery Increased farm debt | 25 | |
| 5457929232 | Eli Whitney's cotton gin resulted in what? | Huge demand for slaves | 26 | |
| 5457929233 | "Cult of Domesticity" | Tradition that housework and child care were considered the only proper activites for married women | 27 | |
| 5457929234 | Antebellum means what? | Before the Civil War 1820-1860 | 28 | |
| 5457929235 | Political leader of the North was who? | Daniel Webster | 29 | |
| 5457929236 | Political leader of the South was who? | John C. Calhoun | 30 | |
| 5457929237 | Political leader of the West was who? | Henry Clay | 31 | |
| 5457929238 | Immigrants coming to America before 1860 did what? | Help to fuel economic depression | 32 |