Economics
People moved out West
For gold, freedom, and opportunity.
Monroe Doctrine
US would not intervene in European matters.
Europe would not intervene in the western hemisphere.
Reservation
Tracts of land set aside for Indians
Second Great Awakening
A major religious revival in America during the late 1700's and early 1800's
Abraham Lincoln
He was the 16th president
Served in the Black Hawk War
Republican
President during the Civil War
Panic of 1812
Economic crisis during the Monroe administration
mudslinging
Spreading negative or false information about opponets
Trail of Tears
The forced march to Indian Territory when many Native Americans died
Antebellum
Time period before the Civil War
Meriwether Lewis
Leader of the expedition through the Louisiana Territory
Industrialization
Many products were invented and mass production began in factories
Secession
A states' act of leaving the Union
Oregon Trail
First American route west of the Missouri River
Mass Production
Production of goods in large quantities
John Deere
Invented the steel blade.
Plantations
Large agriculture revenue with forced slavery.
Missouri Compromise
Slave states below the line of latitude marking Misouri
California
Gold! 49ers, 80,000m people moved out West
Mormans
A religious group known as the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, settled Utah
Abolitionists
People who wanted to end the practice of slavery
12.5 cents per acre
Stephen F. Austin moved 300 families to the Texas region
Sam Houston
President of Texas and served as a senator and govenor of Texas
Texas
Remember the Alamo! Texas won its independence from Mexico and became an independent country.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Popular literature that exposed the cruelty of slavery
North and South
Urban/Rural
Industrialization/Agriculture
Abolitionists/Slavery