History chapter 14

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The worst anti-Catholic violence occurred in 1834 and 1844 in the cities of

Boston and Philadelphia.

The legal principle of "free incorporation" meant that

businessmen could create corporations without applying for individual state charters.

Eli Whitney's cotton gin enabled

cotton production to expand from the coastal areas to the vast plains of Alabama and Mississippi.

The frontier experience particularly strengthened the American inclination to celebrate

individualism.

In their attitudes toward international affairs, many German immigrants in the Midwest tended to favor

isolationism.

One reason it was difficult to develop an industrial labor force in America was that

land was cheap and abundant.

In the 1820s and 1830s, most adult male wage earners

substantially improved their economic conditions.

One consequence of the smaller American families of the early nineteenth century was that

the family became more child-centered and focused on shaping children rather than breaking their wills.

The great Irish immigration of the 1840s was particularly stimulated by

the potato famine in Ireland.


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