Early Republic
What was Hamilton's Financial Plan?
to stabilize the new economy: 1) establish National Bank, 2) pay off war debt, 3) pass whiskey tax, 4) protective tariff
urbanization
people moved to northern cities for factory work; cities grew rapid
Dred Scott v Sandford
slaves are not citizens, considered property
Who was Abraham Lincoln
president of the US during the Civil war, later assassinated
13th amendment
abolished slavery
Gibbons v Ogden
Federal govt rules over interstate commerce between two states
which immigrants came to america during the 1800s
Irish- potato famine
Germans
Chinese- worked on railroads
Compromise of 1850
added california as a free state, also led to the Fugitive slave act
Battle of Ft. Sumter
1st battle of the civil war
14th amendment
citizenship for all born in US soil, due process
Describe the Federalist Party
led by Alexander Hamilton; wanted: 1) a stronger federal gov’t, 2) an industrial economy, 3) a national bank
Nativism
anti immigrant feelings, led by the Know Nothing Party
kansas nebraska act
popular sovereignty in these territories would decide if they want slavery or not, led to bleeding kansas
battle of gettysburg
turning point in the north, Lee's attack was pushed back in Gettysburg, Penn.
15th amendment
right to vote (suffrage) for black freedmen
Describe the Democratic Republican Party
led by Thomas Jefferson; wanted: 1) less federal gov’t power, 2) an agricultural economy, 3) state banks
Cotton gin
invention that led to increase in demand for slavery
Missouri Compromise
missouri added a slave state, maine added as a free state
battle of vicksburg
turning point in the south, union captured control of mississppi river, confederacy split in half
sharecropping
farming system in which former slaves and poor whites were trapped in a cycle of debt
Marbury v Madison
judicial review, courts can rule that something is unconstitutional
free enterprise
economy with little gov’t regulation; based off supply & demand; developed in response to strong colonial trade laws
Republican party
Lincoln's party created to stop the spread of slavery
Appomattox
Freedmen's Bureau
worked to help newly freed slaves by providing: 1) education, 2) clothing/food, 3) jobs