Chapter 1 History

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Alexis de toquiville

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French lawyer sent to study American prison systems. Wrote "Democracy in America"

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Democracy in America

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First look of the U.S. to the Europeans

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Economic Activities in Early America

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Textile factories in the north and cotton plantations in the south

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Mercantilism

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Belief in the benefits of profitable trading

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Revolution in transportation

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Steam engine is invented

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Telegraph

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Allowed for long distance communication using morse code

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Cotton gin

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Made the cleaning of cotton much faster and easier

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Cotton gin

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Made the cleaning of cotton much faster and easier

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Steel plow

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Invented by John Deere. Made cultivating land easier

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Mechanical reaper

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Made grain production faster. Invented by Cylis McCormick

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Mechanical reaper

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Made grain production faster. Invented by Cylis McCormick

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Cotton is king

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Basically says that cotton is the main source of income in the south and made the south very wealthy

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Production process of cotton

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Planted, grown and picked on farms in the south; then sold to northern textile factories

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Production process of cotton

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Planted, grown and picked on farms in the south; then sold to northern textile factories

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Yankee merchants

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Northern cotton buyers

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Plantation life

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What life was like on southern plantations

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Major political parties pre-1850

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Whigs and democrats

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Abolition movement

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Movement to outlaw slavery

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Abolition movement

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Movement to outlaw slavery

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Early abolitionist

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Manifest destiny

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The belief that Americans had the right to overspread the continent westward

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Manifest destiny

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The belief that Americans had the right to overspread the continent westward

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Treaty of Paris

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Ended the revolutionary war and securing the U.S. more land

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Manifest destiny

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The belief that Americans had the right to overspread the continent westward

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Treaty of Paris

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Ended the revolutionary war and securing the U.S. more land

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Louisiana purchase

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Got us a large plot of land from France

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Manifest destiny

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The belief that Americans had the right to overspread the continent westward

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Treaty of Paris

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Ended the revolutionary war and securing the U.S. more land

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Louisiana purchase

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Got us a large plot of land from France

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Stephen F. Austin

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First president of The Republic of Texas

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Manifest destiny

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The belief that Americans had the right to overspread the continent westward

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Treaty of Paris

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Ended the revolutionary war and securing the U.S. more land

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Louisiana purchase

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Got us a large plot of land from France

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Stephen F. Austin

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First president of The Republic of Texas

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Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo

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Ended the Mexican-American war

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Oregon territory

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Plot of land gained for the U.S. in the northeast

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Oregon territory

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Plot of land gained for the U.S. in the northeast

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Gadsden Purchase

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Filled in the rest of the southwest

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Florida

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Procured from spain

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Balance of power

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Number of free and slave states

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Oregon territory

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Plot of land gained for the U.S. in the northeast

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Gadsden Purchase

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Filled in the rest of the southwest

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Florida

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Procured from spain

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Balance of power

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Number of free and slave states

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36'30 latitude line

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Divides America and canada