Chapter 09 Expanding Markets and Moving Westward

The idea of focusing on ONLY growing 1 or 2 crops for more productivity and efficiency is known as

• Diversification

• Specialization 

• Polyculture

• Agroforestry

People who invested money into new markets are known as

• Marketeers

• Sharks

• Entrepreneurs

• Tycoons

What is the process called that improves the elasticity and strength of rubber by heating it with sulfur?

• Carbonization

• Galvanization

• Vulcanization

• Plasticization

Elias Howe and Isaac Merritt Singer  were known for________.

• Sewing machine

• Washing machine

• Typewriter

• Iron

What invention is attributed to Samuel Morse?

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• Telefax

• Train

Who is credited with inventing the steamboat?

• Robert Fulton

• George Carver

• Mark Twain

• Charles Goodyear

Which landmark decision is known for establishing the federal government's authority over interstate commerce? (Ex. Steamboat)

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Stubing v. ABC

Through the expansion of this, goods were moved faster, safer, cheaper

• Steamboat

• Connestoga Wagon

• Train

• Automobile

Which politician was a strong advocate for the American System, promoting tariffs, a national bank, and infrastructure development?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Clay

• James Madison

• James Monroe

These two men began to make farming profitable

• Donald Trump and Joe Biden

• Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie

• John Deere and Cyrus McCormick

• George Howe and Robert Fulton