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30 Cards in this Set
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Cottin Gin |
- Seperates seeds from raw cotton fibers - 1794 - Eli Whitney |
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Canals |
- Artificial waterways - Begin in 1750s |
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Steamboats |
- Boat that runs on steam power - 1787 - John Fitch |
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Samuel Morse |
- Created Telegraph - Allowed people to send messages - Patented in 1844
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Steel Plow |
- Farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it - Invented by John Deere - 1837 |
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Mechanical reaper |
- Automatically cut, threshed and bundled grain while being pulled through a field by horses - Cyrus McCormick - 1834 |
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Textile Mill |
- Raw materials are turned into thread, cloth is woven, and fabric is dyed - 1769 - Samuel Crompton |
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Characteristics of Slavery |
- Forced to work - through mental or physical threat - Owned or controlled by an 'employer', usually through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse - Dehumanized, treated as a commodity or bought and sold as 'property' - Physically constrained or has restrictions placed on his/her freedom of movement. |
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Industrial North |
- Transportation was easier - Smaller farmsteads - New York was the largest city - Likely to have careers in business, medicine, or education - Whig/Republican political party |
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Agriculture South |
- Transportation between cities was difficult, except by water - Large-scale farms and crops - No large cities aside from New Orleans - Worked on the farm, also gravitated toward military careers -Democratic political party |
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Cotton Belt |
- Region of the southern United States where cotton was the predominant cash crop |
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Nat Turner |
- Leader of a violent slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia - 1831 |
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Era of Good Feelings |
- 1817-1825 - James Monroe was president - Nationalism - One national political party (Democratic-Republican)
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Monroe Doctrine |
- Created by John Quincy Adams - Warned Europe not to get involved in - International affairs - Existing colonies in Western Hemisphere - Further colonization in Western Hemisphere |
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John Quincy Adams |
- Sixth President (1824) - Democrat - Wrote Monroe Doctrine - Negotiated the Adams-Onis Treaty - Helped negotiate the Treaty of 1818 |
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Henry Clay |
- Secretary of State as a result of "corrupt bargain" with John Quincy Adams - Developed Missouri Compromise - Advocated for a national bank |
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Corrupt Bargain |
- Election of 1824 - Deal that made Adams President - Clay would be Secretary of State in return |
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Age of Jackson |
- Took office in 1829 - Used patronage - Feared the power of the Federal Government - Reason for Trail of Tears
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National nominating convention |
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Spoils system |
- Giving Government jobs to friends and supporters |
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Mudslinging |
- The use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent |
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King Andrew I |
- Nickname for Andrew Jackson - Given because of his use of veto power |
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Indian Removal Act |
- President gives Native Americans land west of the Missippi in exchange for land taken from them in East |
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Bank Crisis |
- Jackson thought of the bank as a monster - Didn't like that the bank was run by wealthy people - Removed all federal funds from the Second Bank of the U.S. - Redistributed them to various state banks, which were popularly known as "pet banks." |
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Nullification Crisis |
- Idea that a state did not have to follow a federal law and could, in effect, "nullify" the law - promoted by John C. Calhoun (Jackson's vice president) - The crisis ended in 1833 when a compromise was reached on a new tariff |
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Trail of Tears |
- 1832 Supreme Court said "Georgia has no rule over Cherokee" - 1838 Georgia forced them on Trail of Tears - Journey Cherokee Tribe took on foot for 116 days to Oklahoma - Forced out of their homes even though they converted into American ways - 1/4 of the Cherokee died |
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Whig Party |
- Political Party formed in 1834 - Opposed Andrew Jackson - Two most prominent members were Henry Clay and Daniel Webster |
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Martin Van Buren |
- Democrat - Won election of 1836 - Had to handle economical troubles in 1837 and 1839 |
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John Tyler |
- Democrat - President after death of William Henry Harrison in 1841 - Refused to revive National Bank - Signed joint resolution that annexed Texas in 1845 |
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William Henry Harrison |
- Democrat - Died of pneumonia 1 month after he won election in 1841 |
