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What is the Industrial Revolution and Great Britain
The _____________was the change in society from one based on farming to one based on industry, which first began in ____________ in the mid 1700s.
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Who is Andrew Jackson.
The first "common man" U.S. President, who served from 1829-1837.
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What is increased slave labor in the South.
The direct result of increased industrialization in the North.
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What is the Oregon Trail.
The 2,000 mile long path that American pioneers walked to reach the west.
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What is flat feet, knock knees, loss of limbs, mill fever, fatigue.
Two common injuries that mill workers suffered from.
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What is mechanical reaper
The one that does not belong: spinning jenny, power loom, cotton gin, mechanical reaper.
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What is the Monroe Doctrine.
The U.S. policy that opposed the creation of any new European colonies in the western hemisphere.
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What is the education of a male family member.
The primary benefactor of a mill girl's paycheck (after room and board were paid).
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What is the Gold Rush.
The reason why California became a state in 1850, only two years after it had been ceded to the United States.
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What is poor soil, many rivers, and/or closeness to ports.
Two reasons why New England was the perfect region in the U.S. for industrialization to take root.
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What is cloth and water
The first machines invented focused on making _____ and were powered by _____
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What is eliminating the property requirement.
The major change in voting requirements encouraged by Andrew Jackson.
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What is the Underground Railroad.
The secret network of safe houses that helped southern slaves escape to the free North.
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What is to preserve the pro vs. anti-slavery balance of power in the U.S. Legislature.
The reason for allowing Missouri and Maine to be simultaneously admitted as states into the Union.
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Who is Andrew Jackson.
The U.S. President responsible for the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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What is canals
The majority of these were created around the Great Lakes region to connect rivers with other bodies of water.
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What is Spain and Portugal.
European countries that the Monroe Doctrine was directed to (former colony owners in Central/South America).
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Who is men.
Part of the population who struggled to accept the changing gender roles and expectations during industrialization.
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What is the Mexican Cession.
The area of land north of the Rio Grande (including modern day CA, NV, UT, AZ, and NM) that was granted to the United States in 1848.
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What is goods produced all under one roof vs. in separate homes.
Main difference between the "factory system" and the "cottage system".
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Goods/people could be moved farther, faster, cheaper.
Two of the three largest benefits of advancements in roads, canals, and railroads.
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What is suffrage.
The term that means the right to vote.
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What is labor unions.
Women formed these to protest wage cuts and poor treatment in the mills.
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What is the Adams-Onis Treaty.
The agreement in which the U.S. gained Florida in return for clarifying the western border line with Spain.
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What is "cede" means to give up territory by purchase or by treaty, while "annex" is to simply take control of an area without permission.
Main difference between to "cede" and to "annex" territory.
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