Industrial Revolution
Industrialization increased both efficiency AND prices
True or False?
False, prices decreased
As we expanded westward, Americans got ahold of more...
Natural Resources, land
Vice President from South Carolina who fought for pro-slavery arguments
John C. Calhoun
As Cotton production grew in the south, the soil soon became...
a) Under-cultivated
b) cultivated just right
c) overcultivated
c) overcultivated
This amendment gave African American MALES the right to vote
The 15th amendment
Americans turning their own raw materials into finished goods is called...
Manufacturing
America's desire to go westward led to the conquest of which country in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexico
During the Nullification Crisis, what did South Carolina THREATEN to do
As America expanded in this direction, the debate over the future of slavery became violent
West
What were the 3 reconstruction amendments that Lincoln argued for in his Gettysburg Address?
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
Americans began producing & manufacturing their own goods for national markets after which historical event?
War of 1812
As we expanded westward, the debate over WHAT led to a lot of disagreement and violence
This event is when the state of South Carolina defied (went against) Federal Law
Nullification Crisis
Slavery was argued to go AGAINST which American famous document?
The Declaration of Independence
The Fourteenth amendment granted African Americans what?
Citizenship
This invention, created by Eli Whitney, allowed for mass production of goods with being able to easily build/fix machinery
Interchangeable Parts
This Act encouraged western migration
Homestead Act
Regional interests led to the rise of...
Political Parties
Europe
What was the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v Ferguson?
Separate, but equal
This process increased infrastructure development from railroads to skyscrapers
Bessemer Process
This Act gave land grants to railroad companies to build the Transcontinental Railroad
The Pacific Railroad Acts
Henry Clay's American System was opposed by which political party
Democratic Party
This state was the first to call for the emancipation of slaves in the North
Massachusetts
This famous speech by Lincoln was given mainly to gain support for the continued war effort
The Gettysburg Address