Social stuff
Which people was Protestantism mostly related to?
The lower class
What was the name of the invention that removed seeds from cotton?
The Cotton Gin
What did employers start to look for more of, with the expansion of the factory industry?
Cheap Labour
Which Southern country decided to not pay tariffs
South Carolina
What did the Missouri compromise do?
It outlawed slavery above the 36ยบ 30' latitude
How did the Lousiana Purchase affect the people?
It gave people more land to explore therefore spreading Western expansion and the belief of Manifest Destiny
Did new innovations mostly increase or decrease slavery?
Increase
How were the conditions in most factories?
Unsanitary and dangerous
How did the North benefit from Southern agriculture?
Cotton production drove the textile industry
What did many states do to try and stop abolitionists?
They made it so that it was illegal for slave owners to free their slaves
Why did American Christians not like the Germans?
Who created the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
What Jobs did the Irish immigrants mostly do?
Factory jobs
What women's rights movement increased the push for the abolition movement?
THe Seneca Falls convention
What did Marbury v. Madison establish?
Supreme Court could declare a law unconstitutional (Judicial Review)
Why did families start to become smaller?
Innovations made, so less child labor was needed in farms, women wanted to break the cycle of constantly having to be pregnant and take care of children
What innovation made it easier to transport merchandise, people, and messages nationwide?
Steam engines/trains
What jobs did Germans mostly do?
Why did Southern nationality and white supremacism start to grow?
The reliance on Southern agriculture in the North and the reliance on slavery on the whole economy
What was an impact on the U.S. people due to the Indian Removal Acts?
Gave them more land to control, expansion of slavery.
What happened due to more people profiting from products?
More middle class
What innovation/industry increased international trading?
More shipping companies
What were some changes to the traditional family roles with the expansion of factories?
Married and unmarried women alike started working in factories, whole families started working in factories, even young children were sent to wok.
How did Tariffs grow sectionalism?
What did Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge do?
It let the state of Massachusets force the Charles River company to build a non tollable bridge nearby to the tollable bridge that they had already built