chapter 13

Question 1

date; first public high school

Answer 1

1821

Question 2

date; completion of the erie canal

Answer 2

1825

Question 3

passing on knowledge and tradition of the past to new generations

Answer 3

traditional education

Question 4

American spelling book

Answer 4

blue backed speller

Question 5

who wrote blue backed speller

Answer 5

Noah webster

Question 6

all in one textbook used in most schools in America

Answer 6

blue backed speller

Question 7

wrote America’s first dictionary

Answer 7

Noah webster

Question 8

also called electric readers

Answer 8

McGuffey’s readers

Question 9

who wrote McGuffey’s readers

Answer 9

William h. mcguffey

Question 10

promoted primary education for all children; created the first normal school to train teachers

Answer 10

Horace Mann

Question 11

what school trained teachers

Answer 11

normal schools

Question 12

public schools are called what

Answer 12

free schools

Question 13

America’s first tax-supported high school in Boston

Answer 13

1821

Question 14

first state university

Answer 14

university of NC

Question 15

first co-ed college

Answer 15

Oberlin U.

Question 16

first college for only woman

Answer 16

Wesleyan college

Question 17

organizations that conducted discussions and established libraries and public schools

Answer 17

lyceums

Question 18

founded the first lyceum

Answer 18

Josiah Holbrook

Question 19

founded by horace greeley, first newspaper to gain a national readership

Answer 19

new York tribune

Question 20

what allowed papers to be printed with great speed

Answer 20

the telegraph

Question 21

discovered and published many of america’s greatest writers

Answer 21

William dean howell

Question 22

invented by John Deere during the 1800s, made plowing easier for the rocky soil in the north

Answer 22

steel plow

Question 23

invented by cyrus McCormick, allowed for easier harvest of grain

Answer 23

reaper

Question 24

invented by Eli Whitney

Answer 24

cotton gin

Question 25

revolutionized the cotton industry in the south

Answer 25

cotton gin

Question 26

what became king in the south

Answer 26

cotton

Question 27

the south was also known for other crops like what

Answer 27

rice, tobacco, hemp, sugar cane

Question 28

majority of work and production in colonial America was based on the domestic system

Answer 28

domestic system

Question 29

brought to America from england by sam slater

Answer 29

factory system

Question 30

known as the father of American factory system

Answer 30

sam slater

Question 31

what industry prospered more than any other bc of the factory system

Answer 31

textile industry

Question 32

power loom

Answer 32

francis lowell

Question 33

sewing machine

Answer 33

Elias howe

Question 34

made the sewing machine a common household item

Answer 34

Isaac singer

Question 35

invented the first practical steam engine

Answer 35

james watt

Question 36

high pressure steam engine

Answer 36

Oliver Evans

Question 37

most roads in the 1800s we're either dirt roads or _________

Answer 37

corduroy roads

Question 38

America's 1st highway

Answer 38

cumberland road

Question 39

created by John L McAdams, added drainage to the roads

Answer 39

macadam roads

Question 40

invented the first practical steam boat

Answer 40

Robert Fulton

Question 41

whats the steamboats name

Answer 41

the Clermont

Question 42

main form of water transportation by the mid 1800s

Answer 42

steamboat

Question 43

man made body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water

Answer 43

canal

Question 44

popularized the use of canals, completed the erie canal

Answer 44

DeWitt Clinton

Question 45

how many miles of track had been laid for railroads

Answer 45

3000

Question 46

this became the most convenient form of travel

Answer 46

railroad

Question 47

greatly cut ocean travel time across the Atlantic

Answer 47

clipper ship

Question 48

most were made in england, caused a decline in American shipbuilding industries

Answer 48

steamboats

Question 49

mail carrying company between missouri and California

Answer 49

pony express

Question 50

invented by Samuel morse, in the next several years, thousands of miles of telegraph lines were created

Answer 50

telegraph

Question 51

a series of underwater cables laid for telegraph communications

Answer 51

transatlantic cable

Question 52

mapped the ocean for the cable, pathfinder for the seas

Answer 52

matthew Maury

Question 53

laid the cable and completed a project

Answer 53

cyrus field

Question 54

invested capital ino corporations for profit

Answer 54

investors

Question 55

common working class people working in factories

Answer 55

laborers

Question 56

from 1800-1860, America's population grew from 5 million to ____

Answer 56

31 million

Question 57

the ___ and ____ saw the most dramatic growth

Answer 57

west and cities

Question 58

the majority of immigrants were from ___ and ____

Answer 58

Ireland and Germany

Question 59

generally referred to as what era in literature

Answer 59

romantic era

Question 60

wrote the first truly American fiction

Answer 60

james fenimore cooper

Question 61

developed the detective story and Mystery genre

Answer 61

Edgar Allen Poe

Question 62

most popular american poet of the 19th century; fireside poet

Answer 62

Henry wadsworth Longfellow

Question 63

known for writing Moby dick , ( Americans longest epic )

Answer 63

herman Melville

Question 64

father of American history

Answer 64

George Bancroft

Question 65

Hudson river school movement

Answer 65

Thomas Cole

Question 66

the peaceable kingdom

Answer 66

Edward hicks

Question 67

shape notes were developed

Answer 67

music

Question 68

music education in public schools

Answer 68

lowell mason

Question 69

father of American music

Answer 69

Stephen foster