The Economy
What is the Market Economy?
South Carolina's challenge to federal supremacy centered over whether states could do this to federal laws they disagreed with.
What is nullify/nullification?
This crop, grown primarily through slave labor, provided the materials used by textile mills in the North.
What is cotton?
This document attempted to address issues of foreign interference and outline The United States' standing in the world.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
This religious movement opened the eyes of many to the purity of God and touted the moral superiority of religious and virtuous people.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
This transportation project made travel faster, particularly from "Albanyyy to Buffalooo"
What is the Erie Canal?
The concept of state supremacy over federal power is also known as this "-ism."
What is Sectionalism?
Laws against slaves in the U.S. only became worse after events like this, especially like the one organized by Nat Turner
What are rebellions or uprisings?
This conflict made Andrew Jackson a national hero and established the United States as a nation capable of defending itself.
What is the War of 1812?
Religious revivals played a large part in the growth of this movement, helped along by stereotypes of immigrants, especially Irish and the Germans, whose numbers grew during the early and mid 19th century.
What is temperance?
Owners of New England factories during the early and mid 19th century targeted these types of people as workers, providing them a small amount of autonomy for the first time.
Who are women?
In this conflict over federal power and state power, Andrew Jackson went toe to toe with Nicholas Biddle. Andrew Jackson won, but left his successor, Martin VanBuren, to deal with the economic fallout and eventual recession (whoops).
What is the Bank War?
Debates over the expansion of slavery only became more intense after the expansion of the U.S. into this area, purchased from France during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
In an effort to force Britain and France to take the U.S. seriously as a trading partner, Thomas Jefferson imposed these, which he called the Non-Importation Act. It turned out to be a disaster.
What are tariffs?
This religious sect faced persecution almost everywhere they went, but eventually found refuge far away from the borders of the United States in Utah.
Who are the Mormons?
This man's big economic idea would have created a system to connect the industrial and agricultural sectors of America using canals, railways and roads. It never happened, at least not at the federal level.
Who is Henry Clay?
Debates over the role and size of government led to the creation of this political party and ended the Era of Good Feelings.
Who are the Whigs?
This state joined the Union in 1820 as a free state as part of the agreement that allowed Missouri to join as a slave state.
What is Maine?
The sale of land to the United States by France set off decades of conflicts with these groups in the newly acquired territory.
Who are Native Americans?
This document, written at the Seneca Falls Convention, used the words of Thomas Jefferson to argue for rights for women. Its ideas came out of a growing push for equality among men and women during the 19th century.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This innovation, made possible by the industrial process of the early 19th century, brought consistency to manufactured goods, which were now being mass produced.
What are interchangable parts?
While Andrew Jackson argued federal power should have its limits, he ironically relied on federal power to enact this now-famous event, which erased the sovereign rights of thousands of people in the South.
What is the Trail of Tears?
As regional divides over slavery began to show, the South's reliance on slavery led to a widespread adoption of this "-ism" ideology, which reinforced the racial and gender hierarchies of the region.
What is paternalism?
The dictionary created by Noah Webster, still a household name today, put in writing the new American vocabulary and solidified the creation of this, which differentiated itself from the older ways used by the British.
What is a national identity?
This place in Massachusetts was one of the most famous utopian communities ever attempted in the United States, and was based on the virtues and religious revivalist feeling of the era. It only lasted 6 years.
What is Brook Farm?