Across
- 2. McCormick Inventor of the mechanical reaper
- 6. River School An American school that emphasised art and employed students to paint American landscapes and celebrated the nation’s nature.
- 7. Canal Built in NY, connecting western farmers to cities
- 10. of Good Feelings The period after the War of 1812 which indicated an increased feeling of American nationalism after the nation becomes a world power.
- 11. Revolution The time during the industrial revolution when new means of travel and trade were forged in America.
- 13. Treaty Spain agreed to sell Florida to the U.S.
- 17. Mill System The mills that operated in the city of Lowell; one of the first manufacturing systems in America.
- 18. Gin Eli Whitney’s invention that could process cotton 50 times faster than by hand.
- 19. Loyalty to a part of a nation rather than to the entirety of the nation.
- 20. The process of cities growing.
- 22. Doctrine Declared the Americas off-limits to European powers.
- 23. Fulton Inventor of the steamboat.
- 24. Road First major interstate highway, over 600 miles long
- 27. Slater Father of the Factory System
- 28. Clay Famous war hawk; developed the American System.
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- 1. Compromise An effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted.
- 3. Revolution A period of major industrialization that took place due to the invention of new products, government policies, and an increased workforce.
- 4. of 1828 The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a re-match of the 1824 election, as President John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party faced Andrew Jackson of the nascent Democratic Party.
- 5. System Henry Clay’s plan to encourage economic growth as the country expanded westward.
- 8. Party Andrew Jackson’s Party; party that wanted territorial expansion in the U.S.
- 9. Parts Eli Whitney’s invention that parts to manufactured products were made to be identical, and could be replaced if need be.
- 12. Codes State laws established to determine the status of slaves and the rights of their owners.
- 14. Tariff High tariffs designed to protect American business from foreign competition.
- 15. Party A political party active in the mid-1800s that formed in opposition to the policies of Andrew Jackson.
- 16. Kingdom” The name given to the South
- 21. Period The period before the Civil War and after the War of 1812.
- 25. Jackson American general during the War of 1812; became President in 1829.
- 26. Marshall Famous chief justice of the Supreme Court whose rulings reflected nationalism and strengthened the federal government.