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American History
Chapter 11 Guide Notes: National and regional Growth 1800 -1844
In your answers: If it involves a person be sure to answer who he/she was and what significant action
or accomplishment he/she made. For all other terms and questions-your answer should include the
main idea, significance and/or how it relates to the context of the chapter information. Your hand
writing must be legible. 10 points available: each question is worth .2 pts. (ie: minus 2 questions = 9.6
total score)
Essential Question: What forces and events affected national unity and growth?
Timeline
1800 Gabriel Prosser plans a slave rebellion in Virginia.
1807 Robert Fulton launches a widely successful steamboat in America.
1812 War of 1812 disrupts U.S. shipping. Effect: Americans start manufacturing more of their
own goods.
1820 The Missouri Compromise balances the number pf slave and free states. Effect: Tension
between the North and the South over slavery is temporarily eased.
1812 War of 1812 disrupts U.S. shipping. Effect: Americans start manufacturing more of their
own goods.
1823 The Monroe Doctrine is issued, warning European countries to stay out of the Americas.
Effect: United States is seen as a world power.
1825 The Erie Canal is completed. Effect; The canal creates a water route between New York and
the Great Lakes.
1831 Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion in Virginia.
1844 A telegraph line connects Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.
Section 1: Early Industries and Inventions
What is the Industrial Revolution of the late-18th century?
Who is Samuel Slater and when did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?
Why was it illegal for British textile workers to leave Britain?
In the late 1700’s the majority of workers in the British textile factories were children: at what age did
some of the children begin work in the factories and how many hours a day would they potentially work?
Why was New England a good place to build factories?
Factory system:
Why did American entrepreneurs switch from investing in shipping to building factories during this time
in history?
Who is Frances Cabot Lowell and what are the Lowell Mills?
Early factories ran on power from water, after the 1830’s many factories were run by-
Who was Eli Whitney and what did he contribute?
How did the Industrial Revolution change the way Americans lived and worked?
How did the use of interchangeable parts improve the manufacturing process?
What did Robert Fulton develop?
Who was Henry Miller Shreve and what did he develop?
Who was Richard Trevithick?
Who was Peter Cooper?
Who was Samuel Morse and what did he contribute?
Who was John Deere?
What is a threshing machine and what is a mechanical reaper?
Who was Andrew Meikle?
Who was Cyrus McCormick?
What did Louis Daguerre develop?
Explain how new inventions improved American life?
Why were the steamboat, locomotive and telegraph so important?
In which region did steamboats first appear and how quickly did they appear in other regions?
What invention caused many famers to relocate to the Midwest?
How were different regions of the United States linked economically?
Section 2: Plantations and Slavery
Cotton gin:
In 1793, Eli Whitney invented a –
The cotton gin set the South on a very different course of economic development than the North. The
South raised millions of bales of cotton each year for the textile mills of__________________ and
the___________________ ___________________.
In 1808 it became illegal to importAs slavery expanded in the South, an antislavery movement spread in the North. By the 1840’s the
movement to abolish slavery had become a political force. Slaveholders with large plantations were
the wealthiest and most powerful people in the South, but they were relatively few in number. Only
about one-third of white families owned slaves in 1840.
How did the cotton gin change southern life?
By 1840, enslaved people formed about how much of the South’s population?
Not all slaves worked on plantations, some worked as-
In 1840, about 5 percent of African Americans in the South were free generally by one of three wayswhat are the 3 ways?:
Although free they still faced many problems such as:
What was life like for Africans in the South?
Frederick Douglas was a slave who escaped to New York City who while living as a freeman educated
himself and became famous as he delivered lectures at antislavery rallies throughout the North.
Who was Nat Turner and what happened in 1831?
The text on page 376 mentions what is perhaps the cruelest part of slavery, that of:
What happened with Gabriel Prosser in 1800 and Denmark Vesey in 1822 and their followers when their
planned revolt was discovered?
What was it that helped bond African Americans together and endure the brutal conditions of plantation
life?
Spirituals:
Section 3: Nationalism and Sectionalism
Nationalism:
Who was Henry Clay and what did he believe?-
The American System was a plan introduced in 1815 to make America self-sufficient; what were the three
parts of the plan?
1.
2.
3.
What were the boundary problems between the U.S. and Spain?
Protective tariff:
Who was James Monroe?
McCulloch v.Maryland (1819):
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824):
What is the period between 1790 and 1855 often called and why?
What was the Erie Canal and how did it benefit New York City?:
Describe the factors that helped to promote national unity:
What is Sectionalism?
What were the economic differences between the North and the South?
**What were the implications for Missouri’s application for statehood in 1817 and what did the
Missouri Compromise seek to accomplish?
What was the Mason-Dixon Line?
Describe the factors that increased sectional tension:
What two agreements improved relations between the United States and Britain what did the agreements
entail?
The forces and events that affected national unity and growth. Complete the table:
Strengthening Forces
The Industrial Revolution fuels economic growth.
Weakening Forces
The American System encourages economic selfsufficiency.
The Supreme Court decisions strengthen the federal
government.
Improvements in transportation and communication
link cities and regions.
The United States expands and defines its borders.
The Adams-Onis Treaty:
**What was the main message of The Monroe Doctrine and why it is important?: