Chapter Ten: Rails, Markets, and Mills: The North and the West, 1800-1860
Study Guide
Note: This study guide incorporates some content from Chapter 13 as well. (in bold)
Places
Republic of Texas
Oregon Territory
Lowell, Massachusetts
San Francisco
People
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
John C. Calhoun
Whig Party
Robert Fulton
Samuel Morse
Lowell Girls
Cyrus McCormick
John Deere
Terms
Kitchen Cabinet
Spoils System
Manifest Destiny
Canals (Erie Canal)
National Road
Railroads (Baltimore and Ohio)
Steamboats (Clermont)
Telegraph
Market Economy
Boom and Bust Cycle
Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs)
Interchangeable Parts
Machine Tools
Textile Industry
Waltham (Lowell) System
Ready-Made Clothing
Free Banking
Paternalism
Chapter Ten: Rails, Markets, and Mills: The North and the West, 1800-1860
Study Guide
Land Grants (Credit System)
Events/Acts
Corrupt Bargain of 1824
Peggy Eaton Affair
Nullification Crisis
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Trail of Tears (Indian Removal Act)
Veto of the Second Bank of the United States
Specie Circular
Panic of 1839
Gibbons v. Ogden
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
California Gold Rush
Themes
The leadership style of President Andrew Jackson
The effects of the transportation revolution
The changes the market economy had upon
1) White Men
2) White Women
3) The Rich
4) The Poor
5) Society at large
6) The environment
Describe the progression of the boom/bust cycle
The federal government’s promotion of the market economy
The effects of specialization of commerce
The working conditions in Mill Towns
Gender divisions in the workplace
The difficulty in unionizing to create change in the workplace