Early Republic
This 1783 treaty ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as an independent nation.
Treaty of Paris
This device, patented by Eli Whitney, made it much faster to separate cotton fibers from seeds.
What was the cotton gin?
This president supported the removal of many Native nations from their homelands and signed the Indian Removal Act.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This movement sought to end slavery in the United States.
This movement declared that U.S. expansion across the continent was destined or justified.
What is Manifest Destiny
During the 1790s, this European conflict between Britain and France challenged U.S. neutrality and shaped American foreign policy.
What was the war between Britain and France?
This term describes the growth of cities as people moved from rural areas to urban centers.
What is Urbanization
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while setting a boundary for slavery in parts of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This formerly enslaved abolitionist became a prominent speaker and writer, sharing firsthand accounts of slavery and published the newspaper The North Star.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
American settlers in this region revolted against Mexico, establishing an independent republic in 1836.
What is Texas?
In 1803, the United States purchased this vast territory from France, doubling the size of the country.
What was the Louisiana Purchase
Francis Lowell helped develop this production model, which brought workers and multiple manufacturing steps together in one place.
What was the factory system?
This 1832 Supreme Court case ruled that Georgia could not impose its laws within Cherokee territory.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
At this 1848 gathering in New York, reformers debated women’s rights and issued the Declaration of Sentiments.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
This disputed territory, jointly occupied by Britain and the United States for a time, became part of the United States in 1846.
What is the Oregon Territory?
This 1807 law prohibited American ships from trading with foreign nations, aiming to avoid war but damaging U.S. commerce.
What was the Embargo Act?
This canal connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie, reducing the time and cost of moving people and goods westward.
What is the Erie Canal
This forced removal of the Cherokee people followed U.S. policies that displaced Native nations from their homelands and caused immense suffering and loss of life.
Trail of Tears
This 1848 document modeled its opening language on the Declaration of Independence and listed women’s grievances.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This war between the United States and Mexico lasted from 1846 to 1848.
What is the Mexican-American War?
In 1823, President James Monroe warned European powers against further colonization or political interference in the Americas in this policy declaration.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
What transportation network linked regions, moved goods, and helped create a national market and what was the 1887 federal law created to regulate it?
What is the railroad network and the Interstate Commerce Act?
This 1830s conflict began when South Carolina challenged federal tariff laws and asserted a right to nullify them.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This formerly enslaved woman became a leading abolitionist speaker and advocate for women’s rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This 1848 agreement transferred a vast area of former Mexican territory to the United States after the Mexican War.
What was the Mexican Cession?