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| a period of US history that marked a sense of nationalism in the US citizens because of the pride of beating Britain (world super power) twice #pride |
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| a mid 19th century art movement influenced by romanticism and focused on landscapes #prettypaintings |
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| fourth chief justice of the United States and longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court (served on the continental army) #morepowerforfederalgovernment |
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served in both houses of Congress, fought as American soldier, and served as the seventh president of the US
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also known as the transcontinental treaty, Florida purchase treaty, or the Florida treaty. Was a treaty between the US and Spain that defined Florida as US territory, not Spanish
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| a policy that opposed European colonization in the Americas starting in 1823 #beatbritain |
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| known as the "great compromiser"; brokered very important arguments regarding nullification and slavery #compromiser |
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| a three-pronged economic plan, based on the financial ideas of Alexander Hamilton, that was supported by Henry Clay. The American System emphasized the need for a strong role for federal government in the economy. The three parts of the plan mutually reinforced each other. The three parts of the American System were based on a new national bank, taxing foreign goods and creating a subsidized transportation infrastructure of new roads and canals. #improveAmericanprofit |
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| Tariffs are also imposed in order to raise government revenue, or to reduce an undesirable activity. #protectAmericanbusinesses |
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| Samuel Slater was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" and the "Father of the American Factory System". In the UK, he was called "Slater the Traitor" because he brought British textile technology to America, modifying it for United States use. #moretextiletechnology |
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| developed the first commercially successful, self-scouring steel plow, closely parallels the settlement and development of the midwestern United States. #greentractor |
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| Cyrus Hall McCormick was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company #bigcrops |
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| Interchangeable parts are parts that are, for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type #effeciency |
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| a machine for separating cotton from its seeds #cashcrop |
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| the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840 #moreproduction |
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| American painter and inventor who, independent of similar efforts in Europe, developed an electric telegraph. In 1838 he developed the Morse Code #Morse |
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| The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government #Cumberlandgap |
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| an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat; the first was called The North River Steamboat of Clermonts #steamboat |
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| a canal in New York, United States that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System #tradecanal |
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| Transportation Revolution |
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| a network of roads, canals and railroads were established. It was necessary that America have good inland roads that could be used for travel and shipment of goods from a seaport #highways |
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| the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812 marked by the economic growth of the South #slaveryformoney |
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| the process of making an area more urban #growth |
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| a plan developed in the early 19th century to promote and expand textile manufacturing. Textile mills relied heavily on a labor force of women and children. It expanded the idea of the factory system. It was all part of the Industrial System #moretextiles |
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| the cotton-producing region of the southern United States up until the Civil War #south |
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| Slave Codes were sets of laws during the colonial period and in individual states after the American Revolution which defined the status of slaves and the rights and responsibilities of slave owners #norightsforslaves |
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| Sectionalism is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole #divided |
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