Owen is my friend
interchangeable parts
-Identical parts to be mass produced -Can then be put together to form a product -allows for repair
Mexican American War causes
-Land disagreement of border of Texas (Texas now part of US) -Mexico and US sent troops to disputed area
push reasons for moving west
-Overcrowded cities -Terrible working conditions in factories
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
-steam powerr -steam powered loom -coal furnace cottten gin -canals -railroad telegraph
Monroe Doctrine
Doctrine written by President Monroe -No european country can create a new colony in the Western Hemisphere -US will not interfere with European affairs
War of 1812
Known as 2nd war for Independence War between US and England England was restricting US trade at sea US won the war
assembly line
Line of workers producing a good by completing one part of the construction process , uses interchangeable parts
Lewis and Clark
Sent by Jeffereson to explore the Louisiana Territory Got help from crew and Sacajawea Kept detail journals of all they encountered
luisana purchase
Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon of France for $15 Million. Purchase was controversial Doubled size of US
canals , trains and telegraphs
advances in transportation and information -canal and trains allowed for people to move west -(goods/people can travel much faster by steam ship and rail. telegraph allowed for communcation to and from far distances
pull reasons
gold free land easir to move by railroad
Industrial Revolution
with inventions of steam/coal powered machines manufacturing changed from all done by hand machines.Birth of factories Increase populations in cities Increase in speed of creating goods 1750-early 1900
