West side!
This phrase expressed the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent
Manifest Destiny
This shift in the 19th century included not only the rise of factories but also the specialization of agriculture and rapid urbanization
Market Revolution
Known as the “Great Compromiser,” this politician was instrumental in the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise Tariff, and the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Clay
This 1820 compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in the Senate
Missouri Compromise
This 1850 agreement admitted California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law, angering abolitionists
Compromise of 1850
This land purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803 and secured control of the Mississippi River
Wha is the Louisiana Purchase?
The growth of this network in the mid-19th century revolutionized long-distance travel and trade in the United States
railroad system
This president, dubbed “Old Hickory,” dismantled the national bank and viewed nullification as a threat to the Union.
Andrew Jackson
s controversial 1854 act allowed settlers in two states to decide the issue of slavery by popular soverignty, which then led to violent clashes
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin to establish a centralized government for the British North American colonies in 1754
Albany Plan of Union
A political organization from the 1850s advocating nativist policies and opposing Catholic immigration, reflecting native-born Americans' anxieties about immigrants' impact on society and politics.
Know Nothing Party
By 1860, this staple crop accounted for nearly two-thirds of all American exports
King Cotton
This document failed to grant Congress the power to levy taxes or regulate interstate commerce, leading to widespread economic instability.
Articles of Confederation
This crisis in the 1830s saw South Carolina threaten secession over federal tariff policies
Nullification Crisis
A meeting at the end of the War of 1812 of the New England states that called for amending the Constitution and possibly secession
Hartford Convention
This system, prominent in the textile industry, combined all steps of production under one roof, employing young women in large factories
Lowell Mills
This engineering marvel was criticized as a "folly" before its completion connected the Midwest to the Hudson River, drastically reducing shipping costs.
Erie Canal
In his farewell adress what two things did President Washington warn the country about?
Foreign Alliances and Political Factions
The rapid industrialization of the North and reliance on enslaved labor in the South highlighted this deepening division
Sectionalism
If passed, this would have forbidden slavery in the Mexican Cession
Wilmot Proviso
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War, ceding vast territories to the U.S., including present-day California and Arizona
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Henry Clay’s American System relied on these three pillars, which he argued would unify the nation’s economy
What are protective tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements?
This Supreme Court case decided that regulating interstate commerce was the exclusive power of Congress, not the states
Gibbons v. Ogden
This 1828 tariff, despised by the South, was officially named the Tariff of 1828. It was known for its perceived economic favoritism toward the North. However, what was the South's nickname for this tariff?
Tariff of Abominations
This female colonist from New England was at the heart of the Antinomian Crisis when she spoke against John Wintrops New
Anne Hutchinson