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7729355821northeastincluded New England and the middle Atlantic states. bound together by transportation routes and economy was based on commercial farming and industrial innovation0
7729355822old northwestfrom Ohio to minnesota. economy consisted of agricultural farming rather than manufacturing.1
7729355823sectionalismloyalty to a particular region2
7729355824nativistswere the original Protestants in the colonies who were worried that the influx of immigrants would take their jobs.3
7799487090American party or know nothing partyA political party formed by the nativists in response to the influx of immigrants. Had a large influence over government.4
7799487091Supreme order of the star spangled bannerA secret anti foreign society which later turned to politics to express beliefs5
7799487092Free African AmericansTreated with inequality even though free. Were not allowed to go certain places or have specific jobs. Hard for them to get jobs6
7799487093Codes of chivalryA feudal society among southern aristocratic planters. Included a strong sense of personal honor, the defense of womanhood, and paternalistic attitudes.7
7799487095Poor whitesAlso called hillbillies, could not afford rich river bottom farmland. Most loved as subsistence farmers.8
7799589522Mountain menDisliked planters and their slaves. Were loyal to the union in the civil war. Lived on the frontier isolated from the southern farmers.9
7799589523The west in the 1800sIncluded land that lay beyond the Mississippi River and reached to California and Oregon territory.10
7799589524UrbanizationThe process by which the states began to grow more city like because of the transportations and manufacturing was becoming more advanced.11
7799589525Irish Potato FamineDuring the 1840s many Irish people immigrated to the US to escape the crop failures and famine.12
7799589526Tammany Hallthe Democratic Political Machine that ruled over New York City politics13
7799589527King cottonThe foundation of the south's economy.14
7799678855Peculiar InstitutionTen term used to describe how the southerners treated slaves.15
7799678856Denmark VeseyA slave who revolted against the southerners in 1822. Revolts polarized the country by making slaveholders more defensive about slavery and nonslaveholders more critical.16
7799678857Nate turnerLed a slave revolt in 1831. Gave hope to African Americans and drove southern states to tighten slave laws.17
7799678858Industrial RevolutionImprovements in industrial technology changing the manufacturing process.18
7799678859UnionsAn organization who's main purpose was to shorten the work hours to 10 hours and give workers more favorable conditions.19
7799678860Commonwealth v. HuntRuled that peaceful unions have the right to negotiate labor contracts with employers.20
7799678861Cyrus McCormickInvented the mechanical reaper which helped make crops of corn and wheat very profitable.21
7799706328John DeereInvented the steel plow.22
7799706329Daniel WebsterNorthern pro-tariff, anti-slavery congressman23
7799706330Environmental damageAs settlers moved into an area they cleared entire forests / wildlife and exhausted soil.24
7799706331ExtinctionBeavers and buffalo were at the brink of this during the 1800s25

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