Antebellum Review 1

4. This man's mechanical reaper revolutionized agriculture.
7. This was the inventor of the Cotton Gin
9. These were girls who worked in textile mills.
11. This means conversion from an economy based on farms to factories.
12. This ethnic group immigrated to the US in large numbers in the 1840's after the potato famine. Most were Catholics.
13. This treaty ended the War of 1812.
16. South Carolinians were mad about this tax on foreign imports.
17. This was a huge territory purchased from France by President Jefferson.

1. This was an interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark's voyage of discovery.
2. John _________ was a judge who decided the Marbury vs Madison case.
3. These were American politicians who supported war with Britain.
5. This invention made cotton more profitable, leading to the expansion of slavery.
6. This war tactic means to "block" the ports of an enemy nation.
8. Merriwther _____ and William Clark were two Virginians who scouted out the Louisiana Territory for Jefferson.
10. This invention improved river-based transportation.
12. This meant forcing American sailors to be in the British navy
14. This invention by Samuel Morse revolutionized communication.
15. This means a ban on trading with a foreign country.