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US History Unit 2
Expansion and Reform
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History
11th Grade
02/07/2011

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Cotton Gin
Definition

-a machine that was used to remove the seeds from cotton.

-More slaves were needed to keep up with the cotton machine.

-Was created by Eli Whitney.

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Mechanical reaper
Definition

-Made it easier to cut wheat.

-So settlement moved out west and the west became more populated.

-Created by Cyrus McCormick

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Steel plow
Definition

-the steel plow made it possible to plant crops in hard soil.

-So this made it easier for people to go out west and farm the land

-Created by John Deere

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Industrial Revolution
Definition

-replaced manual labor with machines powered by coal or either steam.

-So instead of using men to do the work humans decided to put natural resources to good use.

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Samuel Slater
Definition

-brought the British factory idea to America.

-Even though the British tried very hard to keep their industrial ideas a secrete.

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Factory System
Definition
Is where the factories are bring in the most amount of income for that specific area. Relied on immigrants and the lower class to move to the cities and work in the factories
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Interchangeable parts
Definition

-where each part of a product could be replaced with out worrying about replacing the whole machine.

-Created by Eli Whitney

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Nativism
Definition

-didn't want any more immigration in America because some Americans feel like immigrants were taking jobs away from the American people.

-Many immigrants became nativisms.

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John Deere
Definition

-created the steel plow which made it possible to plant in hard soil.

-opened up the West where hard prairies lands were avaliable for farming.

-Encouraged spread of plantations and slavery.

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Cyrus McCormick
Definition

-created the mechanical reaper.

-made it alot easier to harvest and cut wheat and crops.

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Adams Onis Treaty
Definition

-aquired Oregon and Florida from Spain

-1819

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"The Know-Nothings"
Definition

-were a secrete society

-that began secretly hiring state officials so they could get immigration banned

-didn't want immigration

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Erie Canal
Definition

-Erie Canal connected New York to the Great Lakes

-made NYC commercial center

-Robert's Fulton's steamboat increased movement and trade

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Robert Fulton
Definition

-invented the steam boat

-increased movement and trade

-Erie Canal (east/west)

-Mississippi river (north/south)

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Samuel Morse
Definition

-invented the telegraph machines united the continent with instant communication.

-Increased the speed of business

-Made it easier for people to communicate between businesses

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Nationalism
Definition

-the war of 1812 sparked a rise in unity and patrotism.

-people were proud to be an American

-had a since of pride.

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American System
Definition

-Second Bank of United States

-Protective tariffs

-Internal improvements (road and canals)

-Make America the best place it can be with out to many struggles

-Henry Clay's American System

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Monroe Doctrine
Definition

-warned European powers not to interfere with independent nations of the Western Hemisphere.

-1823

-this was during thr time of good feeling era

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"Era of Good Feeling"
Definition

-When the economy was good

-people had jobs many people werent struggling.

-the nation was at peace

-America had gained Florida and Oregon from Spain

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Misouri Compromise
Definition

-Admissions of new states would change the balance of power in the Senate.

-States North of 36-30N parallel would be free.

-South of that would be slaved

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Panic of 1819
Definition

-Nation experienced its first econmic depression.

 

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McCullough vs. Maryland
Definition

-National banks was constitutional

-1819

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Gibbons vs. Ogden
Definition

-Federal power over states for interstate and foreign commerce.

-1824

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Election of 1824
Definition

-between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson

-John Qunicy Adams

__son of former Federalist president

__Nationalists and Northern elite

-Andrew Jackson

__Battle of New Orleans hero

__"Indian Fighter" and Western Frontiersman.

-Tied Election (Henry Clay convinced Congress to vote Adams)

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corrupt bargain
Definition

-getting someone elected so you can have an office.

-this is what Henry Clay did for John Quincy Adams.

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Tariff of Abomination
Definition

-Adams signed a new triff in law 1828.

-It looked out for the Northern

-People in the South gave it its name

-Was a disadvantage for the south

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Jacksonian Democracy
Definition

-Andrew JAckson was elected in 1828 the first man to rise from childhood poverty.

-Pushed for the universal manhood

suffrage.

-Jackson claimed that the average man should hold spot on government

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Universal manhood suffrage
Definition

-White males were no longer required to have property to vote.

-Andrew Jackson pushed for this law

 

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Spoils System
Definition

(war metaphor)

-Andrew Jackson appointed his friends and supporters to high positions in government.

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Democrats
Definition

-Jackson supporters bacame known as the Democrats.

-Their opponents are known as the Republicans or the Whigs.

Term
Whigs
Definition

-the opponents of the Democrats

-are know called the Republicans

 

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Nullification Crisis
Definition

-South Carolina led by John Calhoun began to organze against tariffs

-argued states could refuse to enforce unconstitutionl laws.

-In 1832 SC was threatening to leave the union.

-Jackson was a southern supporter but he called in the troops to enforce the law.

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John C. Calhoun
Definition

-From South Carolina

-began to organize against tariffs

-published a book called Exposition and Protest.

-was JAckson's VP

-said that SC would be the first state to leave the union

Term
Exposition and Protest
Definition

-published by John Calhoun

-argued that states could refuse to enforce unconstitutional laws

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Bank War
Definition

-Jackson believed th enational bank exited to "aid the rich and powerful"

-treasury fund removed funds from the US bank and placed them into "pet banks"

-give states more power over economy.

-lead to the PANIC OF 1837

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"Pet Banks"
Definition

-removed money from the US banks and placed them in "state banks"

-smalled states banks that gave the states more power.

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Panic of 1837
Definition

-When the pet bank transfer happened the economy went into chaos and lead to the Panic of 1837

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Cotton Kingdom
Definition

-after the cotton gin was invented the demand for slaves went up

-South the nickname was the "cotton kingdom"

-The south becam relient on the plantation system.

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