Market Revolution – North vs. South
This region benefited most from industrialization, factory growth, and wage labor during the Market Revolution.
What is the North
This major political change expanded participation in government by removing property requirements for white male voters
What is expansion of suffrage?
This belief, meaning the U.S. had a God-given right to expand west, was a long-term cause of westward settlement and conflict.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This event, triggered by a disputed border along the Rio Grande, led to major territorial gains for the United States.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This region doubled down on cotton production and relied heavily on enslaved labor as a result of new technologies like the cotton gin.
What is the South
Jacksonian Democracy strengthened the power of this social class in the South.
What are the wealthy planters
This group was forced onto the Trail of Tears as a consequence of westward expansion.
Who were the Cherokee / Native Americans?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and reignited debates over the expansion of slavery
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe intensified Northern opposition to slavery and outraged the South, widening the cultural divide between regions.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
These groups—such as factory workers, immigrants, and free Black Americans—experienced new job opportunities but also exploitation in the Market Revolution.
What are the marginalized groups of the North
This controversial policy, justified by Jackson as protecting Native Americans, resulted in forced relocation west of the Mississippi.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This short-term cause of westward expansion led thousands of settlers to move to California in 1848–1849.
What is the gold rush?
Known as “King” in the South, this crop became the basis of the region’s economy.
What is cotton?
This 1854 law, which allowed settlers to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty, led to violent conflict in “Bleeding Kansas” and pushed the nation closer to war.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This region opposed the American System because high protective tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.
What is the South
This political trend increased loyalty to political parties through rallies, newspapers, and spoils system appointments.
What is the rise of party loyalty?
These pioneers migrated west seeking religious freedom and settled in Utah
Who are the Mormons?
The dispute over this river’s border was a major cause of the war.
What is the Rio Grande
This economic change created new markets, faster production, and a more connected national economy.
What is the Market Revolution?
This political ideology championed industry, tariffs, and a stronger national government
What is the North
Jackson’s dismantling of this institution reflected his distrust of concentrated financial power and support for the “common man.”
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
This 1803 land purchase doubled the size of the United States and sparked new debates about whether slavery would expand west
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This group of U.S. soldiers, made up largely of Irish immigrants, defected to fight for Mexico during the war.
What is the San Patricio Battalion?
This transportation technology connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic and boosted Northern cities.
What are canals?