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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF SPINNING JENNY |
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A MACHINE THAT COULD SPIN SEVERAL THREADS AT ONCE |
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF CAPITALIST |
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A PERSON WHO INVESTS IN A BUISINESS TO MAKE A PROFIT |
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF URBANIZATION
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MOVEMENT OF THE POPULATION FROM FARMS TO CITIES |
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF FLATBOATS
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF TURNPIKES
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF COURDUROY ROADS
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF SECTIONALISM
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LOYALTY TO ONE'S STATE OR SECTION RATHER THAN TO THE NATION AS A WHOLE |
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF INTERVENTION
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF LOWELL GIRLS
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YOUNG WOMEN WHO WORKED IN LOWELL MILLS IN MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION |
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A MAN WHO BROUGHT PLANS FOR NEW MILLS TO US FROM BRITIAN ILLEGALLY |
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INVENTED THE IDEA OF MACHINE MAKING PARTS
(INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS) |
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WHO WAS FRANCIS CABOT LOWELL |
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BOSTON MERCHANT WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF SPINNING AND WEAVING CLOTH UNDER THE SAME ROOF |
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LAUNCHED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL STEAM BOAT (THE CLERMONT) ON THE HUDSON RIVER |
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WHAT WAS THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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FACTORIES AND MACHINES BECAME A PART OF THE US |
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HOW DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AFFECT THE US |
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IT CREATED LOWER PRICES FOR PRODUCTS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BE MADE MUCH FASTER |
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WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE IN EARLY FACTORIES |
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THEY USED CHILD LABOR AND THERE WERE LONG HOURS (12 HRS.) THEY WERE USUALLY BETTER THAN THE FACTORIES IN EUROPE |
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WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON AMERICAN CITIES |
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THE ARTISANS WERE GETTING RUN OUT OF BUISINESS BECAUSE THE FACTORIES WERE MAKING AND SELLING CLOTH FASTER THAN THEY COULD
THERE WAS URBANIZATION AND CITIES BECAME CROWDED WITH PEOPLE AND GARBAGE ECT. |
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HOW DID SETTLERS USED TO TRAVEL WEST |
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THEY WOULD GO BY HORSE AND BUGGY AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULD GO BY FLATBOATS |
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HOW DID AMERICANS IMPROVE ROADS |
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THEY MADE COURDUROY ROADS, USED FLAT ROCKS, MADE A STUMP PULLER, MADE TURNPIKES, AND CREATED THE NATIONAL ROAD |
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WHAT DID STEAMBOATS CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE TRAVLED |
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IT CREATED AN EASIER WAY TO MOVE PEOPLE AND TRANSPORT GOODS. THEY CREATED CANALS TO MAKE MOVING STEAMBOATS EASIER |
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HOW DID CANALS CHANGE NEW YORK CITY |
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IT MADE NEW YORK A CENTER OF TRADE |
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WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF SECTIONALISM IN THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS |
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IT CREATED 3 LEADERS THAT CAME UP
JOHN CALHOUN
DANIEL WEBSTER
HENRY CLAY |
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WHY DID SOUTHERNERS OPPOSE THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF WHILE NORTHERN MANUFACTURES SUPPORTED IT |
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THE NORTHERN FACTORIES SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE IT MADE MORE PEOPLE BY THEIR PRODUCTS BUT THE SOUTHERNERS OPPOSED IT BECAUSE IT MADE THINGS MORE EXPENSIVE |
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HOW DID CONGRESS HELP INDUSTRY AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 |
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CONGRESS PASSED A PROTECTIVE TARIFF |
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HOW DID THE SUPREME COURT GIVE MORE POWER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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THEY GAVE THEM THE POWER OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE |
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HOW DID THE US GAIN FLORIDA |
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WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE |
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TO LEAVE ALONE THE NEW NATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA AND WE WOULD LEAVE EUROPE ALONE |
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