This person invented the cotton gin, which separated seeds from cotton and made the cotton industry more profitable. This person also helped to develop interchangeable parts.
Who is Eli Whiteny
100
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 moved Native Americans west of the Mississippi. They route they had to travel was difficult and many died along the way. This journey became known as the
What is Trail of Tears
100
This person changed the textile industry by memorizing a machine used in a cotton factory. Once in America he was able to build the textile machine from memory. His machine made things run more quickly and efficiently.
Who is Samuel Slater
100
What new ways of campaigning did the Whigs use in the election of 1840?
They passed out leaflets, organized political meetings, and used billboards.
200
The practice of giving government jobs to loyal supporters.
What is the spoils system
200
United States manufacturers could not compete with goods from this country because they were cheaper.
What is Great Britain.
200
This presidents use of the veto to make important decisions and control congress changed history.
Who is President Andrew Jackson
200
These people helped to revolutionize the farming industry.
Who are Cyrus McCormick and John Deer
200
This stated that Mexico would turn over California and all land in between Texas and California. It was agreed that the border between Texas and Mexico was the Rio Grande River. The US would pay Mexico $15 million in return.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
A group of workers trying to bring about change in working conditions
What is a labor union
300
This stated that Missouri could enter the Union as a slave state and Maine could enter as a free state. Any new state north of 36 degrees 30 minutes latitude in the Louisiana Territory were not allowed to be slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise
300
This event was the most serious slave revolt in US history and showed that the slaves would not continue to stand for the way they were being treated.
What is the Nat Turner Rebellion
300
This helped to make shipping costs lower and travel times shorter.
What is the Erie Canal
300
This was the biggest problem with the addition of new land.
What is the spread of slavery to the west.
400
A period of financial difficulties experienced by an entire country.
What is a depression
400
This policy stated that Spain had to give all of Florida to the United States as well as repay the $5 million they owed to the US. In return, the US gave up their claim to Spanish Texas.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty
400
When the small banks that President Jackson favored became careless and gave out paper money that wasn't backed by gold or silver and loans that weren't repaid, it caused the
What is the Panic of 1837
400
This person placed schools under state control, said all children must attend school and have the same programs of study. Teachers also had to be trained before they could teach.
Who is Horace Mann
400
Who led the Seneca Falls Convention and what did the declaration say women were entitled to?
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The declaration said women were entitled to the same rights and privileges as men have as US citizens.
500
A statement of a certain government policy.
An official public announcement.
Doctrine
Proclamation
500
This policy stated that any attempt by a European power to extend its influence in any part of the Western Hemisphere would be considered dangerous to the peace and safety of the US.
What is Monroe Doctrine.
500
What are some of the effects of the Panic of 1837?
What are:
-Bank failures
-Prices on farm products and manufactured goods falling
-Factories and mills closed
-Work on new roads and canals stopped
-Unemployment spread
-Depression set it
500
The invention of the telegraph by Samuel Morse changed
Transportation, industry, and commerce in the United States.
500
What is Manifest Destiny and how did it shape the nation.
A belief something is meant to happen, especially that America would own land from coast to coast.