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| when US wanted more of oregon's land but the british didnt want to get them more land so they almost went to war but they compromised on the 49th parallel |
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| was a time between the War of 1812 to the "Era of good feelings". it was when everyone felt united and very patriotic. collapse of the federalist party and every ran as democratic-Republican |
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| was started by Henry Clay. tell about the second bank of US, protective tariffs, and iternal improvements. and eveyone thought is ideas were good so Dem-Reps choose to use the idea. |
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| in 1819 this treaty is what let the US have florida and oregon. we got these states from spain |
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| in 1823 the monroe warned european powers not to interfere with the independent nations of the western hemisphere |
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| when everyone felt good, united, and proud. this took place from the war of 1812 to the monroe doctrine (1823). |
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| when the US was sectioned into the west the north and the south. tariffs were made to help the nothern businesses but hurt southern economy. the sectionalism was from the missouri compromise of 1820 to gibbons v. ogden (1824) |
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| because of new states the power balance of the senate was changed which created the missouri compromise of 1820. it was said that states 36°30' N parallel would be fress and south of the line would be slave. new states that came in were Missouri (slave); maine (free) |
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| Nations 1st economic depression. |
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| in 1819. the second bank was make and maryland passed legislation to impose taxes on the bank but McCulloch refused to pay the tax. the court ruled in favor of McCulloch because they said that the states couldnt interfere with federal laws. |
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| 1824. a law was passes that gave two individuals the right to operate steamboats on waters within jurisdiction. other law were make similar to this one and it caused a lot of confusion. some states required boats to pay fees. gibbons was had permission to go to ny waters but was denied by ny so he sued ogden (another ship trader). ruled in favor of Gibbons because they said there shouldnt be laws for steams ships traffic operation btween two or more states. |
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| was an election between john quincy adams and andrew jackson. adams had henry clay on his side. |
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| jackson said that the election was corrupt. he clamed that clay helped adams get elected in return for a caninet position. |
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| jackson was elected in 1828. first president born poor. he believed in quality for people. he liked the idea for people to run the government. he became a deocrat when the Dem-Reps spilt |
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| universal manhood suffrage |
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| jackson view of everyone being equal. it states that you could vote if you were a white man wheater you have property or not. |
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| jackson idea that man should run their own government. he decided to appoint friends and supporters to high governmental positions and those people were known as the "spoils systerm" (a war metaphor) |
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| when the democratic-republicans slipt they split up into two groups. jackson and his supports where known as the "democrats" |
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| when democratic-republicans split up they formed to groups. jacksons oppents where known as the national republicans later called "whigs" |
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| organization against traiffs. involed the exposition and protest. in 1832 SC threatened to secede if tariffs were not repealed. jackson called federal troops to inforce the law. a compromise was temperarly reached. |
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| john led south carolina and organized against taiffs during the nullification crisis. |
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| published by Calhoun and stated that states could refuse to enforce unconstitutional law |
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| jackson idea that the bank only helped the rich and powerful. jackson decided to take all the money from these banks and put them into little banks he call the "pet banks" so that states could have more power over economy. jackson actions didnt end well and resulted in the panic of 1837 |
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| the smaller banks that jackson put money into in order to get states more power over the economy. |
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| "panic of 1837" is a result of jacksons action when he choose to take the money from the US bank and put it into pet banks |
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| maded by Eli Whitney to process large amounts of cotton quickly. because of this "cotton gin" it increased demand for slave so they could pick more cotton and gave people more oprotunity to make money by selling clothing. |
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| the nickname for the south because they produced a large amount of cotton. |
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| involved 20 or more slaves to work in large plantations |
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| discoved the steel plow which made it possibel to plant in hard soils. increased settlement in the west and opened up land. also increased plantations and slavery in the west. |
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| invented the mechanical reaper which made it easier to harvest wheat and made more people start to settle in the west. |
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| a time when machines were introduced to replace manual labor. |
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| brought to the US from britain by samuel slater during the industrial revolution. made the north on the "factory system". relied on lower classes and immigrants to work in idrusttialized factories with low pay and bad working conditions (as bad a or worse than slaves). |
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| introduced by Eli whitney. it allowed machine to be have all the same parts so if one part messed up they could just replace it. made production faster and simplier |
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| US citizens who felt that immigrants were taking all of there jobs. "nativism" didnt like immigration. |
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| a secret society that began to elect state officials to ban immigration. they got their name because when they were asked if they were apart of the society they would clam they knew nothing about it |
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| connected NYC to the Great lakes which made NYC a commercial center, manufactured goods to travel west, and argicultural goods to travel to east factories. |
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| made the steam boat which increased movement & trade. |
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| invented the telegraph which is used for communication which increased the speed of businesses. |
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| a belief that US is destined to expand to north American continent |
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| refers to making roads and digging canals that were necessary |
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| a path that was taken by lewis and clark that settlers followed that went from missouri river to oregon |
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| president jackson pass "the indian removal act" in 1830 that forced choctaw creek and cherokee indians to go across the MS river to the "indian terrirory" which was located in oklahoma. this act lead to more acts congress passed that restricted american indians movement to smaller reservations. |
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| sequoyah was an cherokee man who in 1821 completed his independent creation of cherokee syllabary which made readying and writing possible. |
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| trail of tears is the trail that indians had to walk to get to oklahoma where they were sent. many died on the jouney giving the trail the name trail of tears. assistance that was promised never arrived to help out the indians |
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| texas annexation led to the mexican-american war. began with stephen austin bringing settlers to the mexican territory of texas. after that came the alamo |
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| was a treaty between britain and US over borders in the north in 1842. they agreed on the boundaries being around maine and the Great lakes. |
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| the election was againt james k. polk and henry clay. the democracts wanted the annexation of texas. polk won the election. |
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| wilmot wanted to ban slavery from states were won from the mexican-american war and the mexican cession. |
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| a war againts mexico and US in 1848 at the rio grande border. it resulted into mexico giving the northern states to US |
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| treaty of Guadalupe-hidalgo |
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| when mexico gave the southwest territory (mexican cession) to US. |
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| the southwest territory that was handed over from the treaty of guadalupe-hidalgo |
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| james marshall found gold in california in 1849 and when people heard about it they came rusing to california |
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| Webster was the man who made the English language official. |
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| neoclassical architecture |
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| the building designs were designed after the greek type of buildings. |
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| irving was the first american author to be widely popular and sold many of books. irving wrote stories like rip van winkle and the legend of sleepy hollow. |
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| an american author who wrote stories such as the scarlet letter. he was a transcendentalist. hawthorne thought that evil and sin are a part of human nature |
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| other popular american writer of tale of the west. he is famous for his romantic noval the last mohicans |
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| an american writer who was a transcendentalist. emerson wrote civil disobedience which inpired lots of people like mahatama gandhi and martin luther king jr.. |
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| an american author and phiosopher who was also a transcendenatlist. emerson nature and self-reliance. emerson was an abloitionist. he believe you need to live life to fully experience it you cant just read or hear about it. |
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| people who rebel against law and act differently from others |
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| poe was and author who told about dark stories and he made fun of the transcendentalist. poe wrote the raven and the tell-tale heart. poe wrote mystery and macabre. |
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| tocqueville was a political thinker and historians. he was known for his best work domocracy in america |
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| when the american art movement that lead a group of painters that were infuenced by romanticism. |
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| dorothea wrote how people in mental intitutions were treated. |
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| was an atempt to improve conditions inside prisons to make an effective penal system |
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| an american education reformer and a member of the massachusetts house of representatives. |
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| a movement that trys to get people to stop using alcohol. |
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| elizabeth was an abolitionist. she wrote a delaration of sentiments and presented it at the first womens rights convention in 1848. |
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| mott is a woments rights activist and a quaker minister. she was known for intiating the seneca falls womans rights convention. |
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| a meeting to talk about women rights. |
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| african american abolitionist and womens rights activsit. she was born into a slavery but she escaped with her daughter to freedom. she was the first black women to win a court case against a white man. she was known for her extemporaneous speech aint i a women |
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| she lead marches and rallies to encourage women right to vote. she created the fiminist movement. |
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| the idea of a perfect society. |
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| Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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| early mormon leader. he was president of the church. he lead mormons west and guided them to utah. |
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| a period of religious revival |
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| he was called the father of modern revivalism. he was part of the second great awakening. he was also known for his preaching |
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| a believe that perfection can and should be obtained and that anything less than perfection cant be expected. |
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| the idea that slavery was wrong but necessary to have. |
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| to put a stop to something |
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| American abolitionist he was also a editor for the liberator a abolitionist newspaper. he was also a prominent voice for women's suffrage movement |
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| two sisters that were born growing up having slave and later went to helping abolish slavery. |
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| a slave who said that god came to him in a dream telling him that something needed to be done so him and others went and killed their owners and their families. he was caught and killed and he said his reason was that god told him to |
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