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4. machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
10. in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States
11. States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states
12. transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation - A time when large scale industrial production using machines changed Western society
14. Court case which validated the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States, denying states' rights to tax it - denied Maryland the right to tax it - established Federal powers
15. protective tariff helped American industry by raising the prices of British manufactured goods, which were often cheaper and of higher quality than those produced in the U.S.

1. highway built by the federal government; during 1825-1850; stretched from Pennsylvania to Illinois (Maryland to Illinois); major overland shipping route and important connection between North and West
2. plan presented to Congress by President Madison for making the United States economically self-sufficient - A plan to strengthen the economy by uniting regions of the country promoted by Henry Clay
3. of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.
5. the cotton gin
6. strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country - the belief that the nation's interests outweigh regional concerns
7. parts-identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufacturing
8. American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
9. production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques)
13. artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo - "Big Ditch" that linked Altnatic Ocean to Great Lakes - made New York harbor dominant port