chapter 9 AP US history Flashcards

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