7729355821 | northeast | included New England and the middle Atlantic states. bound together by transportation routes and economy was based on commercial farming and industrial innovation | 0 | |
7729355822 | old northwest | from Ohio to minnesota. economy consisted of agricultural farming rather than manufacturing. | 1 | |
7729355823 | sectionalism | loyalty to a particular region | 2 | |
7729355824 | nativists | were the original Protestants in the colonies who were worried that the influx of immigrants would take their jobs. | 3 | |
7799487090 | American party or know nothing party | A political party formed by the nativists in response to the influx of immigrants. Had a large influence over government. | 4 | |
7799487091 | Supreme order of the star spangled banner | A secret anti foreign society which later turned to politics to express beliefs | 5 | |
7799487092 | Free African Americans | Treated with inequality even though free. Were not allowed to go certain places or have specific jobs. Hard for them to get jobs | 6 | |
7799487093 | Codes of chivalry | A feudal society among southern aristocratic planters. Included a strong sense of personal honor, the defense of womanhood, and paternalistic attitudes. | 7 | |
7799487095 | Poor whites | Also called hillbillies, could not afford rich river bottom farmland. Most loved as subsistence farmers. | 8 | |
7799589522 | Mountain men | Disliked planters and their slaves. Were loyal to the union in the civil war. Lived on the frontier isolated from the southern farmers. | 9 | |
7799589523 | The west in the 1800s | Included land that lay beyond the Mississippi River and reached to California and Oregon territory. | 10 | |
7799589524 | Urbanization | The process by which the states began to grow more city like because of the transportations and manufacturing was becoming more advanced. | 11 | |
7799589525 | Irish Potato Famine | During the 1840s many Irish people immigrated to the US to escape the crop failures and famine. | 12 | |
7799589526 | Tammany Hall | the Democratic Political Machine that ruled over New York City politics | 13 | |
7799589527 | King cotton | The foundation of the south's economy. | 14 | |
7799678855 | Peculiar Institution | Ten term used to describe how the southerners treated slaves. | 15 | |
7799678856 | Denmark Vesey | A slave who revolted against the southerners in 1822. Revolts polarized the country by making slaveholders more defensive about slavery and nonslaveholders more critical. | 16 | |
7799678857 | Nate turner | Led a slave revolt in 1831. Gave hope to African Americans and drove southern states to tighten slave laws. | 17 | |
7799678858 | Industrial Revolution | Improvements in industrial technology changing the manufacturing process. | 18 | |
7799678859 | Unions | An organization who's main purpose was to shorten the work hours to 10 hours and give workers more favorable conditions. | 19 | |
7799678860 | Commonwealth v. Hunt | Ruled that peaceful unions have the right to negotiate labor contracts with employers. | 20 | |
7799678861 | Cyrus McCormick | Invented the mechanical reaper which helped make crops of corn and wheat very profitable. | 21 | |
7799706328 | John Deere | Invented the steel plow. | 22 | |
7799706329 | Daniel Webster | Northern pro-tariff, anti-slavery congressman | 23 | |
7799706330 | Environmental damage | As settlers moved into an area they cleared entire forests / wildlife and exhausted soil. | 24 | |
7799706331 | Extinction | Beavers and buffalo were at the brink of this during the 1800s | 25 |
chapter 9 AP US history Flashcards
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