A way to interpret the Constitution that believed the government could only do what was specifically written in the Constitution.
What is Strict Construction?
A way to interpret the Constitution that believed the government could expand their powers based on the Elastic Clause.
What is Loose Construction?
This actually began during the American Revolution but increased during the reform era of the 1803's and was symbolized by the Seneca Falls Convention.
What is the Women's Rights Movement
The first major industry of the US that developed in part because of the Embargo Act in the early 1800's.
What is the Textile Industry
This allowed the South to meet the demand of raw materials needed in Northern Textile factories. Expanded reliance on slavery in the south.
What is the Cotton Gin
One of the first abolitionists who used fierce arguments to fight slavery and demanded the immediate end to slavery, using violence if necessary. Published a famous abolitionist newspaper.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
A transportation route that connected New York to the Midwest and helped improve industrialization and migration.
What is the Erie Canal