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This invention by Eli Whitney dramatically sped up cotton processing and boosted Southern demand for enslaved labor.
What is the cotton gin?
This cash crop dominated Southern agriculture by the 1830s, earning the nickname “King.”
What is cotton?
After this war (1812–1815), many Americans felt renewed pride and unity.
What is the War of 1812?
Jackson pushed congress to pass this 1830 law that authorized the government to negotiate removal treaties with tribes in the Southeast.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This belief claimed U.S. expansion to the Pacific was justified and inevitable.
What is Manifest Destiny?
These water-powered factories mainly found in the Northeast employed young women under strict schedules in the early 1800s.
What are Textile Mills?
These people came to the Northern states of America seeking new jobs and opportunities.
What are Immigrants?
This 1823 policy warned European powers against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Jackson with the help of the military organized this forced march of the Cherokee to Indian Territory in 1838–1839 is known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Settlers traveled roughly 2,000 miles on this route from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest.
Name two transportation innovations that reduced shipping time and cost in the early 19th century.
Describe one economic effect slavery had on Southern farms/plantations
What is (examples): concentrated wealth among planters, reliance on forced labor, limited diversification/industrialization?
In this 1819 case, the Supreme Court upheld the national bank and broadened “implied powers.”
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Jackson oversaw this 1832 Crisis led to conflict between the federal government and state governments over who's laws mattered more.
What is The Nullification Crisis
The annexation of this now U.S state led to a border dispute between Mexico and the United States.
What is Texas?
This communication breakthrough by Samuel Morse transformed long-distance messaging.
What is the telegraph?
Identify two social challenges created by urbanization in the North.
What are (any two): sanitation/disease, crime, fire risk, overcrowding, labor exploitation?
In this 1824 case, the Court confirmed federal authority over interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
Jackson found himself in the hot seat after vetoing the renewed charter of a new national bank during this historic event.
What is The Bank War
The 1848 discovery at Sutter’s Mill sparked mass migration to this territory and rapid urban growth.
What is the California Gold Rush
Identify two ways factory-based wage labor differed from artisan/apprentice systems before industrialization
What are (any two): set wages/time clocks, division of labor, less skill specialization, employer–employee separation, increased strikes, etc.
Identify one way dependence on slavery shaped Southern politics or social hierarchy.
What is (examples): planter elite dominance, defense of states’ rights, strict racial caste system, pro-slavery ideology?
Name two ways Chief Justice John Marshall’s decisions strengthened federal power (give cases or principles).
What are (any two): judicial review (Marbury v. Madison), implied powers (McCulloch), interstate commerce (Gibbons), Dartmouth v Woodward, Fletcher v Peck.
Jackson was so disliked by this group of Americans, calling him a tyrant, that they formed their own political party.
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and transferred vast territories to the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?