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Question All of the following EXCEPT were part of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution: Hand made tools. The Spinning Jenny. Capitalists. The factory system.
Answer 1 – 10 Handmade tools
Question How was Samuel Slater able to smuggle plans for the first American mill?
Answer 1 – 20 He memorized every aspect of the mill.
Question How did Eli Whitney first demonstrate the idea of interchangeable parts?
Answer 1 – 30 He used the parts in muskets.
Question The invention of the cotton gin led to a boom in cotton production which then led to a greater demand for _________________.
Answer 1 – 40 slaves.
Question What type of people did the Lowell mills attract?
Answer 1 – 50 Young women.
Question Which development was NOT an improvement in transportation during the 1800’s? Corduroy roads. The iron wheel. Canals. Steamboats.
Answer 2 – 10 The iron wheel.
Question The system, popularized by President Andrew Jackson, that rewards supporters with jobs was called the
Answer 2 – 20 spoils system.
Question Who was President during the “era of good feelings”?
Answer 2 – 30 James Monroe
Question The forced movement of the Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma & Arkansas during which an estimated 4,000 died of starvation, disease, or exposure is known as
Answer 2 – 40 the Trail of Tears.
Question What was the result northern/British competition for selling manufactured goods to the south?
Answer 2 – 50 Tariffs on imported goods.
Question The court cases McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden strengthened this type of government:
Answer 3 – 10 Federal government
Question What area of the world began to break away from European influence during the 1800’s? (think Monroe Doctrine)
Answer 3 – 20 Latin America
Question Why did America invade, and then buy Florida from Spain?
Answer 3 – 30 Native American attacks on Georgian settlers and slaves taking refuge there.
Question What was the political philosophy of John Quincy Adams and the Whig party?
Answer 3 – 40 They wanted the federal government to promote economic growth.
Question What was “Jacksonian Democracy”?
Answer 3 – 50 Common people should be involved in politics.
Question How did Andrew Jackson feel about the Bank of the United States?
Answer 4 – 10 He wanted to veto its charter so the bank would close.
Question What issue did the Nullification Act passed by South Carolina raise?
Answer 4 – 20 States’ rights.
Question Why did Native Americans oppose white settlers moving to the Southeast?
Answer 4 – 30 Whites were moving onto native lands to grow cotton.
Question Which Florida Native American tribe resisted the U.S. government in a series of wars during the 1800’s?
Answer 4 – 40 Seminole.
Question What is the definition of a “depression”?
Answer 4 – 50 A period when business declines and many people lose their jobs.
Question Industrial Revolution: (definition)
Answer 5 – 10 A time period where manufacturing and technology expanded.
Question Urbanization: (definition)
Answer 5 – 20 People moving from rural areas to cities.
Question Sectionalism: (definition)
Answer 5 – 30 The idea of people having loyalty to their area of the country rather than America.
Question Kitchen Cabinet: (definition)
Answer 5 – 40 Andrew Jackson’s close advisors who met in the White House kitchen.
Question What is mudslinging?
Answer 5 – 50 When one political candidate says bad things about another candidate.
Final Jeopardy How many licks does it take to get to the end of a lollipop?