Social
Northern cities grew rapidly as factory jobs attracted workers.
Urbanization
Treaty that ended the Mexican American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
A man made waterway in upstate New York that connects the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo.
Primary author of the declaration of independence. 3rd president.
Thomas Jefferson
The U.S. fought Great Britain again. Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner."
The war of 1812
Religious revival movement that formed on personal salvation
The Second Great Awakening
an 1820 federal law that kept the balance of power in Congress between free and slave states
Missouri Compromise
An 1803 land deal between the United States and France negotiated under President Thomas Jefferson.
Louisiana Purchase
7th president of the United. Considered the founder of the Democratic Party
Andrew Jackson
Eli Whitney invented a machine that cleaned cotton faster. This accidentally made the South rely even more heavily on slavery.
Cotton Gin
Small group of Texans defend a church from the Mexican Army
Battle of the Alamo
Supreme court decision that established the principle of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
Lewis and Clark expedition
The leader of manifest destiny. 11th president
James Polk
Harriet Tubman and other abolitionists created a secret network of safe houses to help enslaved people escape to the North.
The underground railroad
The forced relocation of Cherokee to reservations.
Trail of tears
Army of Americans led by Andrew Jackson held off the British Army
Battle of New Orleans
Law passed banning all American ships from engaging in trade with foreign nations.
Embargo Act
Man known as the "great compromiser". Represented Kentucky in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.
Henry Clay
campaign advocating for the reduction or complete prohibition of alcohol consumption
The first women's rights convention in the United States
Seneca Falls Convention
The attempt by Maryland to destroy the bank of the US.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Law that taxed foreign imports crippling southern economies
tariff of abominations
abolitionist who published the influential anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator.
William Lloyd Garrison
No candidate won a majority in the Electoral College. The House of Representatives awarded the presidency to John Quincy Adams after Henry Clay threw his support behind him.
The Corrupt Bargain