Nationalism and Industrialization
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Economic and Political Nationalism (pg. 170-171)
1. Explain the concept of the term nationalism?
2. Who became the 5th President of the United States? _____________________
3. Proposed by John C. Calhoun, what was significant about the Second Bank of the United States?
4. Explain the term embargo and List one fact about the Embargo of 1807:
5. Explain the difference between a revenue and protective tariff:
Judicial Nationalism (pg. 171-172)
Use the chart on page 172 to finish the table below:
Major Supreme Court Decisions, 1801-1824
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee (1816)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Cohens v. Virginia (1821)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Nationalist Diplomacy (pg. 172-173)
6. General ____________________ lead troops into Florida to seize settlements from the
____________________ tribe.
7. Explain the Adams-Onis Treaty:
8. Define Monroe Doctrine and explain its significance at the time it was issued:
A Growing Nation (pg. 178-179)
9. Explain the significance of building the Erie Canal on transportation within America:
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10. How long was the Erie Canal when it was finished? _____________________
11. What two places made up the farthest points on National Road by 1838?
12. How did the term turnpike get its origin?
13. The first steamboat was invented by ______________________ and was called
_______________________.
14. A wealthy educated man, ___________________ built a tiny but powerful locomotive that he called
______________________.
Industrial Revolution Sweeps the North (pg. 179-181)
15. List two ways that the Industrial Revolution changed society:
16. Why was America able to industrialize more quickly than other nations?
17. Industrialization within America begins in the geographic region of the ___________________.
18. Why did Industrialization begin in the geographic area that it did?
19. Explain the significance of the following two people:
 Samuel Slater
Francis Lowell-
20. Inventor Eli ___________________ used a system of _______________________ parts that helped
in making quicker, more efficient products.
21. How did Thomas Kensett revolutionize industry?
22. What two things is inventor Samuel F.B. Morse known for helping to perfect:
23. What was the first line that Morse tapped on this new device?
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24. What was significant about the creation of the Associated Press in 1848?
25. Between 1815 and 1860, approximately _____ million immigrants came to America, most coming
from the continent of __________________.
26. Define the term nativism:
27. For what purpose was the Know Nothing Party established within America:
28. Members of the party were to say “____________________________” when asked about the
activities of the group.
29. Define the term literacy rate:
30. By 1840, what was the literacy rate within America? _____________________
31. Define the term labor unions and explain their significance within America at this time:
32. What court case (1842) helped to determine it was legal to have strikes within America?
____________________________
33. How did President Martin Van Buren support the labor cause?
Agriculture and the Economy (pg. 182-183)
34. Even during the Industrial Revolution, __________________ was the leading economic activity in
America during the late 1800’s.
35. Compare the number of 20+ acre farms:
 1851 1861
 1871 188136. In what year did America have the most number of farms? _____________
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37. How many farms did America have that year? ____________________
38. What was quickly becoming the #1 cash crop in the South during the Industrial Revolution?
_____________________
39. Not only did Eli Whitney invent interchangeable parts, but he was also responsible for inventing the
_____________________.
40. In 1801, annual production of cotton was _______________ bales, and had risen to
_______________ bales by 1860.
41. The rise of the cotton industry lead Southerners to begin this saying:
“____________________________________”
42. Define the term yeoman farmers and explain how it fit many Southern farmers during this time:
Enslaved and Free African Americans (pg. 183-185)
43. Slaves increased from _______________ in 1820 to _______________ in 1850.
44. How much did the cost of a slave in the Upper South raise from1830-1835 to 1856-1860?
________________
45. Contrast the task system from the gang system:
46. Why did slave systems change in the South from the Late 1700’s to the mid 1800’s?
47. How were slave codes detrimental to slaves in the South?
48. One of the deadliest slave rebellions took place in August 1831. Briefly Nat Turner’s Rebellion:
49. By 1850, 225,000 free African Americans lived in the South. Explain (using page 185 in the book)
how slaves could achieve their freedom.
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