Politics
What compromise allowed Missouri to be admitted as a slave state; Maine would be admitted as a free state?
What was the Missouri Compromise?
What was known as the economic plan for the country consisting of: A strong banking system, setting up protective tariffs, and building a strong transportation network of roads and canals
What is the American System?
Which invention made two-way river travel possible?
What was the steamboat?
What were the three main political parties during this time period?
What were the Democratic-Republicans, the Federalists, and the Whig party?
During what period of time did machines and factories replace handmade products?
What was the Industrial Revolution?
What was the land deal in 1803 where the United States acquired 828,000 square miles of territory from France or $15 million (Doubled the size of the US)?
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
What was the cause of European non-colonization of Americans and non-intervention?
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
What system was known as the paternalistic (woman) textile factory system, which employed mainly young women (15-35) from New England farms?
What was the Lowell System?
What caused the disappearance of federalists which allowed Democratic-Republicans to govern in a spirit of seemingly nonpartisan harmony?
What was the Era of Good Feelings?
Which Treaty ended the War of 1812?
What was the Treaty of Ghent?
What Act allowed Jefferson to forbid all exportation of goods from the US. Britain, later causing the War of 1812?
What is the Embargo Act?
What did they call the people who were born in America and opposed to immigrants?
Who were the Nativists?
Who was the Speaker of the House, who tilated the American system?
Who is Henry Clay?
What was the war between the United States and England, which was trying to interfere with the American trade with France?
What was the war of 1812?
What was the first economic depression in the United States, characterized by widespread bank failures, foreclosures, and unemployment?
What was the Panic of 1819?