Question

Study 5-8: Economic Expansion in the 1800s

1. If there is one word that could characterize
America in the first half of the 19th century, it
would be “_____.”

2. The greatest percentage jump happened just
after the turn of the century. As you may
recall, that coincides with the _____ in
1803 and all the people in that territory
became American citizens overnight.

3. By the time President Lincoln was elected in
1860, there were ____ times more slaves than
in Jefferson's day.

4. When the nation was born, there were just
two cities of 20,000 or more, but by 1860,
there were _____ cities of that size.

5. The _____ became the most important form
of transportation for farmers in the interior of
the continent moving their goods to markets
in the east.

6. Protection for corporations, along with the
farming revolution in the west, helped push
America towards a _____ economy.

Study 5-9: The Factory System

1. A _____ is an economic system where the
price of goods and services is based on
unrestrained competition between
businesses.

2. Everything was in place, ready for a few
inventions to spark the _____.

3. The technology that probably affected the
American economy most dramatically was
the _____.

4. Eli Whitney convinced Congress that he was
the man for the job by demonstrating the
concept of _____ parts.

5. Together with the concept of interchangeable
parts, the _____ system (sometimes called
the American system) was born.

6. A few years later, John Deere’s _____ allowed
farmers to easily break through the thickly
matted virgin soil of the American Midwest.

7. Americans did see the economic value in

Answer 1

Study 5-8 — Economic Expansion in the 1800s
1. Expansion
2. Louisiana Purchase
3. Four times as many (about 4×)
4. 43
5. Railroads
6. Market (market-oriented) economy

Study 5-9 — The Factory System
1. Market economy (or free-market system)
2. Industrial Revolution
3. Steam engine
4. Interchangeable parts
5. Factory system
6. Steel plow
7. The last item looks incomplete in your prompt — can you paste the rest of that question so I can finish it?