Chapter 11A Nation Grows and Prospers

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Chapter 11A Nation Grows and Prospers

Powerpoint Questions

Instructions:

Use the Powerpoint presentation,American Nation textbookpages 328-355 and your class notesto answer these questions.

1. How did life transform for a growing number of Americans? (Slide 2)

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2. What is one question you might ask Lucy Larcom about working in a factory? (Slide 3, use your own opinion)

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3. What was the name of the new revolution that had begun? (Slide 3)

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4. What is the definition of the Industrial Revolution? (Slide 4or see the American Nation Textbook Page 926)

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5. Name one change that occurred during the Industrial Revolution? (Slide 5)

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6. What was the artist trying to tell with the painting on slide 6? (Slide 6or see the American Nation Textbook Page 331 for a color copy of the picture)

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7. What machine did James Hargreaves invent? (Slide 7)

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8. What could a factory worker do with a spinning jenny? (Slide 7)

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9. What kind of power was used to power a spinning jenny? (Side 7)

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10. What is the definition of the term, capital? (Slide 8)

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11. What is a Capitalist? (Slide 8)

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12. What did the factory system bring together? (Slide 9)

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13. Who invented the cotton gin? (Slide 10)

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14. What did the cotton gin do?(Slide 10)

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15. How did Eli Whitney speed up production? (Slide 11)

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16. What is the idea of interchangeable parts? (Slide 11)

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17. Where must a water frame be set up near? (Slide 12) ______

18. Define the term, Profit? (Slide 12 or use a Webster’s Dictionary to find the definition)

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19. What did the factory system bring together? (Slide 13) ______

20. How were workers in factories paid? (Slide 14)

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21. What did Samuel Slater build in 1790? (Slide 14)

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22. What is the name of the first mill in America? (Is it the American Mill or Slater Mill?)

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23. What causes the wheel to turn?

(Slide 15or see the American Nation Textbook Page 336 for a color picture)

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24. Why did mill owners use mostly women and children workers rather than men? (Slide 16)

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25. How many hours and days a week did a mill worker work? (Slide 17)

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26. What was a Yankee? (Click on link on slide 20 orsee the American Nation Textbook Page 933)

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27. What is a hazard? (Slide 18)

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28. Name one hazard found in a city? (Slide 18)

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29. What disease spread quickly throughout cities? (Slide 19)

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30. Who made a fortune exhibiting rare animals? (Slide 19)

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31. What was the name of the Museum P.T. Barnum began? (Slide 19)

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32. What was a flatboat? (Slide 20, Click on the link or see the American Nation Textbook Page 337)

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33. What was the name of the best traveled road in America? (Slide 21)

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34. What roads did the Lancaster Turnpike link together?

(Slide 21)

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35. What is a toll? (Slide 22 click on the link, or use the Webster’s Dictionary)

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36. What is a turnpike? (Slide 22 or see the American Nation Textbook Page 339)

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37. What was a corduroy road? (Slide 22)

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38. What did the National Road run from? (Slide 22)

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39. Who invented the steam engine? (Slide 23)

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40. In 1787 what did Fitch show? (Slide 23) ______

41. What record did Robert Fulton’s steamboat break? (Slide 24)

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42. What did Fulton’s record led to? (Slide 24)

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43. What two bodies of water were linked by the Illinois and MichiganCanal? (Slide 25 or see the American Nation Textbook Page 340 for a color copy)

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44. To meet the need for moving goods what was built? (Slide 26) ______

45. What canal was started in 1817? (Slide 26)

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46. What did Americans develop on July 4th after the War of 1812? (Slide 27)

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47. Who became the new President in 1816? (Slide 28)

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48. What was the “Era of Good Feelings?”(Slide 34or see the American Nation Textbook Page 342-343)

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49. Who spoke about living in the South? (Slide 29)

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50. Who spoke about living in the North? (Slide 29)

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51. Why was a National Bank needed? (Slide 30)

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52. What do the images on the dollar bill on slide 31 tell you about the changing life in America for Americans?

(Slide 31or see the American Nation Textbook Page 344)

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53. Who had no say in their own government? (Slide 37)

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54. What is a Creole? (Click on the link on slide 37or see the American Nation Textbook Page 348)

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55. Why did the Native Americans oppose the Spanish government? (Slide 37)

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56. Who led the Mexican Revolution? (Slide 38)

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57. In what year did Mexico win their independence? (Slide 38)

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58. Who liberated South America? (Slide 39)

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59. What countries remained European in South America? (Slide 39 see the map or See the American Nation Textbook Page 349 for a copy in color)