Chapter 15: Forging the National
Economy, 1790-1860 questions and
answer
Samuel Slater - correct answer-has been acclaimed the "Father of the Factory System" in
Am. Brh mechanic of 21. Stole textiles idea & moved to US
Cyrus McCormick - correct answer-created McCormick Reaper in the 1830s . Horse Drawn
machine mechanized harvest of grains in the W.
Eli Whitney - correct answer-MA born, graduated from Yale as an aspiring law student, but
created the cotton gin in 10 days in 1793. It separated the seed from cotton fiber.
Carl Schurz - correct answer-He was a German immigrant who fought for poli'l freedom in
his home country, & against slavery & unfair treatment of the Native Am'ns in Am.
Robert Fulton - correct answer-installed a steam engine in a vessel that was known as the
Clermont but was publicly called "Fultons Folly" in 1807.
Samuel F. B. Morse - correct answer-Invented the telegraph. Convinced Congress to support
$30k to experiment w/ 'talking wires'. In 1844 Morse strung a wire of 40 miles from WA to
Baltimore & tapped out 'What hath God wrought.'
DeWitt Clinton - correct answer-lead the produ'n of the Erie Canal that linked the Great
Lakes w/ the Hudson River. Begun in 1817, the canal went 363 miles,completed 1825.
Catharine Beecher - correct answer-Am'n educator & the daughter of Lyman Beecher, she
promoted edu. for women in such writings as An Essay on the Education of Female
Teachers. She founded the 1st all-female academy.
Industrial Revolution - correct answer-mass production & mechanization that includes factory
system.
limited liability - correct answer-legal principle that facilitates capital investment by offering
protection for individual investors, who, in cases of legal claims or bankruptcy, cant be held
responsible for > the $ of individual shares.
transportation revolution - correct answer-series of 19c. transportation's of innovations-
turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads- linked local®ional markets, creating nat'l eco.
nativism - correct answer-A movement against immigration by white Am'n-born Protestants
Economy, 1790-1860 questions and
answer
Samuel Slater - correct answer-has been acclaimed the "Father of the Factory System" in
Am. Brh mechanic of 21. Stole textiles idea & moved to US
Cyrus McCormick - correct answer-created McCormick Reaper in the 1830s . Horse Drawn
machine mechanized harvest of grains in the W.
Eli Whitney - correct answer-MA born, graduated from Yale as an aspiring law student, but
created the cotton gin in 10 days in 1793. It separated the seed from cotton fiber.
Carl Schurz - correct answer-He was a German immigrant who fought for poli'l freedom in
his home country, & against slavery & unfair treatment of the Native Am'ns in Am.
Robert Fulton - correct answer-installed a steam engine in a vessel that was known as the
Clermont but was publicly called "Fultons Folly" in 1807.
Samuel F. B. Morse - correct answer-Invented the telegraph. Convinced Congress to support
$30k to experiment w/ 'talking wires'. In 1844 Morse strung a wire of 40 miles from WA to
Baltimore & tapped out 'What hath God wrought.'
DeWitt Clinton - correct answer-lead the produ'n of the Erie Canal that linked the Great
Lakes w/ the Hudson River. Begun in 1817, the canal went 363 miles,completed 1825.
Catharine Beecher - correct answer-Am'n educator & the daughter of Lyman Beecher, she
promoted edu. for women in such writings as An Essay on the Education of Female
Teachers. She founded the 1st all-female academy.
Industrial Revolution - correct answer-mass production & mechanization that includes factory
system.
limited liability - correct answer-legal principle that facilitates capital investment by offering
protection for individual investors, who, in cases of legal claims or bankruptcy, cant be held
responsible for > the $ of individual shares.
transportation revolution - correct answer-series of 19c. transportation's of innovations-
turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads- linked local®ional markets, creating nat'l eco.
nativism - correct answer-A movement against immigration by white Am'n-born Protestants
