US History Chapter 11 Flashcards
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| 7508306379 | Industrial Revolution | a time of transition when machines, factories, and industry replaced hand tools and simple farming |  | 0 |
| 7508306380 | invention | a unique or new device, idea, or process |  | 1 |
| 7508306381 | patent | a licence that gives an inventor sole rights to profit from an invention |  | 2 |
| 7508306382 | steam power | using the force of steam to power a machine |  | 3 |
| 7508306383 | railroad | a system of tracks and the trains that run on them |  | 4 |
| 7508306384 | Eli Whitney | inventor of the cotton gin |  | 5 |
| 7508306385 | cotton gin | made cleaning cotton faster & easier thus greatly increasing cotton production |  | 6 |
| 7508306386 | telegraph | transmits messages long distances over wire by electrical signals |  | 7 |
| 7508306387 | Samuel Morse | inventor of the telegraph |  | 8 |
| 7508306388 | water-wheel | turned by a river to power a simple machine |  | 9 |
| 7508306389 | increased US cotton production | increased demand for slave labor |  | 10 |
| 7508306390 | canal | man-made waterway |  | 11 |
| 7508306391 | Nat Turner | led a slave rebellion in 1831 |  | 12 |
| 7508306392 | Missouri Compromise | Allowed Missouri and Maine to become states in 1820 |  | 13 |
| 7508306393 | Monroe Doctrine | stated that no European nations could establish colonies in the Americas |  | 14 |
| 7508306394 | Railroads and canals | allowed shipment of goods throughout the United States. |  | 15 |
| 7508306395 | replaced the water-wheel and allowed railroads & more factories to be established. | Steam power |  | 16 |
| 7508306396 | said no new slave states could be established north of 36°30'. | Missouri Compromise |  | 17 |
| 7508306397 | increased slave labor in 1800s | increased US cotton production |  | 18 |