NAME:______________________________________________
Period 4: 1800-1848
PERIOD 4 PART 2:
1815 - 1828 New Industries, New Politics (DOUBLE READING QUIZ: 11/19/15)
“Creating the Cotton Economy”
1. The boom in cotton cultivation that took place in the early 19th century contributed to
industrialization in the North and changed the economic relationship between the US and
Europe. Use the table below as you read to notate the many consequences of cotton’s growing
importance.
Social and Economic Impact in the South:
Social and Economic Impact in the North:
Social and Economic Impact in the International Marketplace:
1. What does the term “King Cotton” mean that was developed in the early 1800s?
2. How did the cotton gin transform the American economy?
3. What is the black belt referencing?
4. Why did slaves not want to be sold to the growing interior of the United States?
5. Why were male slaves sold more than women?
6. How was labor for a slave in a cotton plantation?
7. Where was most cotton grown in the south?
8. What percent of the population actually owned the great plantations?
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9. What were some of the ways slaves created an African American culture within their slave
communities?
10. What connections can you make between the spread of cotton cultivation and the spread of
slavery?
11. How did cotton change the nature of American slavery?
12. What is significant about Lowell Massachusetts?
13. What made factory work attractive to young women living in rural New England in the early 19th
century?
14. Why would strikes happen in Lowell?
15. What advantages allowed New York to play a dominant role in the 19th century cotton
economy?
16. How did the Panic of 1819 occur?
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“Commerce, Technology, and Transportation”
17. How did transportation innovations transform America’s economy and Socity?
Social & Economic Impact
Canals
Steamboats
Roads
18. Why did the government decide to build the Erie Canal?
19. What was the impact of the Canal?
20. How did steamboats transform trade on the Mississippi River?
21. What role did the federal government play in expanding America’s road system?
22. What role did banks play in the early 19th century American economy?
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23. How did the growing transportation industry effect the production of raw materials in the
United States?
24. How did the growing transportation industry effect time and distance?
“From the era of good feelings to the Politics of Division”
25. Why is 1817 – 1825 known as the “Era of Good Feeligns?
26. The Supreme Court was expanding its place in society, and establishing its role within the three
branch system. Using the chart below show for each court case how it expanded/impacted the
power of the Marshall Court:
Marbury v. Madison 1803
Dartmouth College v. Woodward 1819
McCulloch v. Maryland 1819
Gibbons v. Ogden 1824
Worchester v. Georgia 1832
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27. How did the Missouri Compromise propose to resolve the issue of the expansion of slavery?
28. Who were the candidates in the election of 1824?
29. What was the controversy over in the election of 1824 about?
30. What was Andrew Jacksons response to Henry Clay becoming the next secretary of state and
why?
31. How did Henry Clay believe his “American System” would benefit the country?
32. Fill out the Chart Below :
Whigs
Democrats
Leaders
Ideology
Supporters
33. What role did the press play in the election of 1828?
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IDENTIFY: Use a separate sheet of paper to create a collection of well-defined terms, which
fully explain that Person, Place or Things contribution to the time period we are currently
discussing in relation to the Historical Thinking Skills allowing you to utilize it in the future to
fully expand on a given topic and discuss in an educated manner.
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Essex Junto
Era of Good Feelings, 1816-1824
Democrats
Whig Party
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824
Worcester v. Georgia, 1832
market economy
American System, 1815
Panic of 1819
Panic of 1837
Lowell system
Samuel Slater
Cyrus McCormick
John Deere
Baldwin Locomotive Works
anthracite coal mining
interchangeable parts
Cotton Belt
Mason-Dixon Line
Dorothea Dix
Horace Mann
Utopian communities Eire Canal, 1817-1825
turnpikes
National Road (Cumberland Road), 1811
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1828
Missouri Compromise, 1820
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Guide