5204228917 | Erie Canal | This helped make New York a dominant commercial center by expanding its markets. It connected New York city to the Great Lakes. | 0 | |
5204231712 | American System | planned designed by Henry Clay that called for tariffs, a bank and internal improvements | 1 | |
5204233083 | Lowell System | early factory system in MA that employed young women in textile mills | 2 | |
5204235469 | New England | 1st region to industrialize | 3 | |
5204236692 | War of 1812 | encouraged the US to begin Industrialization | 4 | |
5204237869 | Market Revolution | period of US history pre-Civil War and 1st stage of Industrialization | 5 | |
5204240200 | Cyrus McCormick | inventor of mechanical reaper | 6 | |
5204242152 | John Deere | inventor of the steel plow | 7 | |
5204244795 | Eli Whitney | inventor of the cotton gin | 8 | |
5204244797 | Samuel Slater | father of the American factory system | 9 | |
5204247679 | Sectionalism | An example would be the fact that the South's plantation system was dependent on slaves and cotton, and the North's economy was based on factories and immigrant labor. | 10 | |
5204249198 | Texan war for Independence | Mexico gained control of Texas. Texans under the leadership of Sam Houston launched a rebellion. General Santa Anna of Mexico answered with military force. Texans took their stand at an old mission (church). Texans eventually defeated Santa Anna and gained independence. | 11 | |
5204251626 | Andrew Jackson | -War hero -Great supporter of Manifest Destiny and the rights of white frontier settlers -He was a "common man" -Became president of the United States in 1828 | 12 | |
5204251627 | Panic of 1837 | caused by the closing of the US Bank, wildcat banks and over speculation in the West | 13 | |
5204255352 | Jacksonian Democracy | This was Jackson's brand of politics and the changes he inspired (universal suffrage, spoils system, strict interpretation of the constitution). | 14 | |
5204256745 | Age of the Common Man | nickname given to Jackson's presidency since he encouraged many average man to participate in politics | 15 | |
5204259901 | spoils system | system in which the supporters of a president were rewarded with a job | 16 | |
5204260775 | Indian Removal Act | forced Native Americans to move West of the Mississippi River | 17 | |
5204261799 | Worcester v. Georgia | Supreme Court case that ruled in favor of the Cherokees, but Jackson ignored the decision | 18 | |
5204263972 | trail of tears | forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma Territory | 19 | |
5204265307 | temperance movement | reform movement that wanted to ban use of alcohol in the US (targeted the working class and the Irish) | 20 | |
5204270669 | women's rights movement | Women had participated in the abolitionist and temperance movements, only to face discrimination from the men with whom they served. The offense these women suffered led to the birth of this movement. | 21 | |
5204271450 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | leader of the women's rights movement and helped write Declaration on the Rights and Sentiments | 22 | |
5204273617 | Seneca Falls Convention 1848 | This was the first women's rights convention. | 23 | |
5204274813 | 2nd Great Awakening | 2nd major religious revival in the US that inspired other reform movements | 24 | |
5204276241 | Mormons | religious group persecuted for their beliefs so they moved West (helped develop Utah) | 25 | |
5204277202 | abolition | reform movement who aimed to end slavery | 26 | |
5204278582 | nativism | belief that white American born citizens are superior to immigrant groups | 27 | |
5204281196 | Know Nothing Party | 3rd political created to protest immigration and demanded restrictions | 28 | |
5204283805 | Irish | immigrant group who was mostly poor & Catholic- moved to cities in the East coast, worked low paying jobs & were disliked by Americans | 29 | |
5204283806 | German | immigrant group who was mostly middle class, educated, Catholic & Lutheran- moved to the mid west, created farms and favored education | 30 | |
5204287877 | Unions | group made up of workers trying to protest for better working conditions and rights, disliked by businesses | 31 | |
5204287878 | Commonwealth v. Hunt | ruled in favor of Unions in MA | 32 | |
5204289379 | McCulloch v. Maryland | John Marshall ruling that the Bank of the US was constitutional | 33 | |
5204294219 | Henry Clay | creator of the American system and known as the Great Compromiser | 34 | |
5204295826 | nullification | theory that states could nullify federal laws | 35 | |
5204298508 | John C. Calhoun | Jackson's former VP and leader of the South Carolina nullification crisis | 36 | |
5204301038 | Force Bill | president has the ability to use the military to enforce federal laws (passed in response to the nullification crisis) | 37 | |
5204304360 | Union | the United States | 38 | |
5204306022 | internal improvements | improvements to the infrastructure of the US | 39 | |
5204308915 | Horace Mann | pushed for compulsory education in the US | 40 | |
5204310403 | cult of domesticity | belief that women belong at home raising their children | 41 | |
5204315341 | Utopian societies | communities that rejected the American way and tried to live in perfect communities | 42 | |
5204317560 | Dorothea Dix | reformer who called for changes in the treatment of the mentally ill and prison reform | 43 | |
5204320304 | Hudson River school | American art program that celebrated nature scenes | 44 | |
5204326828 | Corrupt Bargain | election of 1824 and winner is John Quincy Adams even though Jackson won the popular vote (decision went to the House) | 45 | |
5204337595 | Webster-hayne debate | highlighted the growing tensions in the US over states rights | 46 | |
5204341578 | Sam Houston | led the war for Texan independence | 47 |
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