Chapter 7 American History Homework

Many people were able to get jobs in a factory because the machines didn't require a lot of skill to use. The industrial revolution impacted the North with the organization of labor unions and a middle class. The industrial revolution also impacted the South with a increase in slaves and agricultural production. The Monroe Doctrine and  John Quincy Adams made changes to the foreign policy. The lasting impacts of Andrew Jackson's presidency are a increased role of the vice president and political parties made tactics for their campaigns. The effects of the national bank were more americans were working in cities and there was a big gap between the rich and the the poor.

Interchangeable parts are similar components that can take the place of another.

The industrial revolution was a change from manual to mechanized labor during the 1700 and 1800 hundreds.

The cotton gin was a machine that separated cotton fiber from it's hard shell.

A nativist is a person that likes native born inhabitants over immigrants. 

A labor union is a organization of workers.

Nationalism is a devotion to one's country.

The Monroe Doctrine discouraged european intervention in the western hemisphere.

The Missouri Compromise made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state.

The Spoils System  worked by having a political party giving jobs and appointments to it's supporters.

The Trail of Tears was when the Cherokee Indians were forced to resettle west of the Mississippi.

Nullification was a concept that allowed states to nullify, not accepting any federal law that seemed unconstitutional.

Whigs was a nationalist political party.

Eli Whitney was a inventer that came up with interchangeable parts.

Francis Cabot Lowell developed the first mill in America.

Henry Clay proposed a new national economic plan called the American system.

John Quincy Adams was Americas sixth president.

Andrew Jackson was Americas seventh president.

Martin Van Buren worked for Andrew Jackson to gain support for Jackson.

John C. Calhoun was Andrew Jackson's vice president.