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| Type of economy that dominated in cities and was based largely on overseas trade | ||
| Type of economy that dominated much of the nation by the 1810's and was based on farming | ||
| A national and international type of economy that even most farmers were a part of | ||
| An idea held in the North in constrast to the idea of slavery which dominated in the South | ||
| System that marked the beginning of the Industrial revolution and it brought all the elements of manufacturing under one roof | ||
| Its construction began in 1817 and ended in 1825 providing a route through the Great Lakes, giving direct access to the West | ||
| Believe that grew in native-born Americans as more and more foreign-born immigrants came into the country.Many believed they were inferior overlooking their European heritage | ||
| Nativists that held a convention and created this party in Philadelphia in 1845 | ||
| The way railroads gained substantial assistance from the federal government in the form of land | ||
| Succeeded in transmitting a telegrpah from Baltimore to Washington | ||
| A major metropolitan newspaper in New York that gave serious attention to national and international events | ||
| Obtained a charter by a special act of state legislature and combined the resources of many shareholders | ||
| Entrepreneurs who were engaged primarily in foreign and domestic trade and who at times invested some of their profits in small-scale manufacturing ventures | ||
| Independent craft workers who owned and managed their own shops as small businessmen that were not likely to flock to factory jobs | ||
| Workers who got factory jobs but were not numerous enough in the 1820-30's to form a reservoir from which the new industries could draw | ||
| Formed when several Nativists groups combined in the 1850 and demanded banning the foreign-born from holding office | ||
| A nativist movement whose members used secret passwords such as "I know nothing" | ||
| Political organization that was created after the election of 1852 by the Know-Nothings | ||
| TIme during 1790s to 1820s where most Americans relied on roads for internal transportation | ||
| Vastly improved internal transportation by water in 1820s because it made traveling upsteam much quicker | ||
| Became the governor of New York and advocated the construction of the Eerie Canal | ||
| River in New York and after the completion of the Eerie canal, it was connected to the Great Lakes | ||
| First company to begin actual operations of te railroads and opened 13 miles of track in 1830 | ||
| A network of roads that went through and connected US cities |
