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Terms / Ideas
Adams-Onis Treaty
American System
canal
capitalist
Clermont
corduroy road
corporation
dumping
Era of Good Feelings
Erie Canal
factory system
Industrial Revolution (6 traits)
interchangeable parts
Lancaster Turnpike
Lowell Girls
mass production
Monroe Doctrine
National Road
turnpike
urbanization
wage slavery
People
John Quincy Adams
Francis Cabot Lowell
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
DeWitt Clinton
John Fitch
Robert Fulton
Louis Hine
James Monroe
Samuel Slater
Daniel Webster
Eli Whitney
Questions to Think About
What were the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
How did the Industrial Revolution come to the United States?
What was life like in early factories? (child labor, working conditions, illnesses)
How did the building of factories encourage the growth of cities?
What steps did Americans take to improve roads?
How did steamboats and canals affect transportation?
How did Congress try to strengthen the national economy?
How did the United States gain Florida?
Know at least four inventions from the Industrial Revolution and their contributions.
Lyddie - test will include questions about the novel
Understand how circumstances and situations in Lyddie correlate to the reality of the Industrial Revolution.
Understand how Mr. Marsden can be compared to the Bear.
Be able to describe and identify the main characters in Lyddie.
Be familiar with the major themes in the novel (see your packet)
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