AMSCO APUSH Chapter 8 (4.5-4.6) Study Guide with Complete Solutions

AMSCO APUSH Chapter 8 (4.5-4.6) Study Guide with Complete Solutions old northwest - Answer️️ -Region north and west of the Ohio River, included Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, MIchigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. Mississippi River - Answer️️ -only way to transport grain south/ to port of New Orleans northwest more connected - Answer️️ -kicked out natives, built canals and railroads agriculture in the northwest - Answer️️ -corn and wheat profitable, feed lots of people more efficient with steel plow (J. Deere) and mechanical reaper (Cyrus McCormick) roads in the northwest - Answer️️ -state's rights activists prohibit federal funding on internal improvements = roads rarely cross state lines canals in the northwest - Answer️️ -Erie canal connect the western farms and eastern cities in NY. eventually join lakes and rivers east of the Mississippi (lower food prices, more western settlement) Steam engines and boats - Answer️️ -factories could be built anywhere, steam powered travel begins with Robert Fulton's "Clermont" railroads - Answer️️ -Were essential to westward expansion because they made it easier to travel to and live in the west, led to cities like Detroit, Cleveland etc. telegraph - Answer️️ -Samuel F.B. Morse, wires all over country, first instantaneous communication ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 more - Answer️️ -By the mid 19th century, manufacturing became _________ valuable than agriculture interchangable parts - Answer️️ -components of any device designed to specifications which insure that they will fit within any device of the same type. Invented by Eli Whitney, led to mass production Samuel Slater - Answer️️ -He memorized the way that the British made machines and he brought the idea to America. He made our first textile factory Lowell System - Answer️️ -Dormitories for young women where the