AP US History /// Period 4 Flashcards
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| 14974396905 | Erie Canal | - financed by NY in 1817 - 364 mile waterway connecting Hudson River and Lake Erie - NYC mercantilism, NYC governor, and gentle terrain of the Albany is what helped make this happen | 0 | |
| 14974401205 | Erie Canal effect | immediate economic success - brought prosperity to the farmers of central and western NY and Great Lakes region - prompted National Canal boom | 1 | |
| 14974426121 | Robert Fulton | - american engineer who created the steamboat in 1807 and piloted it down Hudson River - improved steamboat by broadening hulls to navigate shallow waters and halved the cost of transportation of upstream | 2 | |
| 14974452601 | Robert Fulton effect | more diversity on transportation options and a much quicker transportation time | 3 | |
| 14974462672 | Eli Whitney | - built cotton gin - cotton gin was recreated and improved by others - after cotton gin, he created machines that rapidly produced interchangeable musket parts | 4 | |
| 14974512279 | Eli Whitney effect | - much more efficient way to harvest and prep cotton - sparked new technological advances across the country | 5 | |
| 14974537073 | Lowell System | labor system that recruited thousands of young women to work for Boston Manufacturing Company and provided them with lectures and boarding | 6 | |
| 14974557065 | Lowell System cause | Boston Manufacturing Co needed workers for cheap and young women wanted jobs to feel more equal | 7 | |
| 14974570530 | Lowell System effect | - the women had greater independence - women were able to earn money for their families at home - Boston Manufacturing Co could sell their textiles at a cheaper price than the British | 8 | |
| 14974602517 | Market Revolution | - drastic change in economy that included: canals, steamboats, railroads and new manufacturing that was quicker and more efficient | 9 | |
| 14974641202 | Market Revolution effect | - increased amount of products made - shortened shipping time - significant growth in economy - growth in many cities | 10 | |
| 14974667850 | American System | - economic plan: a tariff to protect and promote American Industry, national bank, and federal studies for roads, canals, and other improvements - proposed by the Whigs Party: Henry Clay, John C Calhoun, John Quincy Adams | 11 | |
| 14974709548 | Henry Clay | - "The Great Compromiser" - helped promote American system - proposed Missouri compromise - leader of Whigs party - helped negotiate Treaty of Ghent | 12 | |
| 14974746001 | Nullification Crisis | - crisis during 1832-1833 during Andrew Jackson presidency - SC said that the federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 are unconstitutional and wanted to nullify them - John C Calhoun (VP) agrees with SC and expresses his hate of the tariffs | 13 | |
| 14974803277 | Gag Rule | - series of resolutions that regard slavery passed by the house between 1840 and 1844 which limited discussion on slavery - after John Quincy Adams presidency, he was a member of the House and fought for abolition to end the Gag Rule to help abolition movement | 14 | |
| 14974850672 | Seneca Falls Convention | - 1st Women's Rights convention to discuss social, civil and religious rights of a woman in 1848 - organized by Elizabeth Cady Staton and Quakers | 15 | |
| 14974866319 | Seneca Falls Convention effect | sparked many other Women's Rights movements | 16 | |
| 14974887680 | Transcendentalism | - movement of writers and philosophers - belief in unity of all creation and goodness of humanity - 1830-1855 - part of Romantic movement - Ralph Waldo Emerson was primary starter | 17 | |
| 14974930339 | Manifest Destiny | - name started in 1845 by John O Sullivan - territorial expansion to the West into Louisiana Purchase, Oregon Territory and TX - Indians were kicked out of land they were granted when kicked out of GA | 18 | |
| 14974961159 | Manifest Destiny result | complete Manifest Destiny of all of the current day continental US | 19 | |
| 14974970699 | Stephen Austin | - "Father of TX" and founded of TX - led 2nd and successful colonization from US to TX in 1825 - believed slavery was morally wrong but wanted them for economic reasons so he helped expand slavery | 20 | |
| 14974999685 | "54 40 or fight" | slogan used by James Polk in discussion to get entire Oregon Territory from Great Britain | 21 | |
| 14975016032 | "54 40 or fight" outcome | GB and the US split Oregon Territory at the 49th Parallel line without conflict | 22 | |
| 14975027734 | Wilmot Proviso | - unsuccessful proposal to US congress to ban slavery from territory gained from Mexico in Mexican-American War - major event leading up to civil war | 23 | |
| 14975049014 | Wilmot Proviso outcome | did not pass so slavery was allowed under the MO compromise rules | 24 | |
| 14975055681 | Compromise of 1850 | - 5 separate bills that passed by US congress in 1850 that was between free and slave states on territory gained from Mexican-American War - postponed civil war - southerners wanted slavery in new land and northerners wanted free states - President Taylor wants CA as a state and leave slavery out of congress and Henry Clay wants CA as free state, more strict slave laws, New Mexico and Utah as free territories | 25 | |
| 14975130090 | Compromise of 1850 outcome | CA as a state, NM as free territory and Fugitive Slave Act ( all free slaves if captured must return to owners) | 26 | |
| 14975148349 | Kansas-Nebraska Act | - caused by settlers wanting to settle in Nebraska territory but can't because not a slave area and they can't hold claim on land | 27 | |
| 14975167246 | Kansas-Nebraska Act effect | - allowed each territory to decide on slavery based on popular sovereignty - this violated the MO Compromise and infuriated northerners | 28 | |
| 14975180068 | Popular Sovereignty | - what was used for Kansas-Nebraska territories to decide on slavery | 29 | |
| 14975192819 | Popular Sovereignty definition | the authority of a state/territory is sustained by elected reps. elected by the people | 30 |