Expansion of Territory and Sectional Tensions Flashcards
What development for expansion was there in 1803?
Jefferson was able to buy Louisana from France
What was sustained from 1776 to 1800?
The original political assumptions of America
What were the political assumptions of America?
Debt should stay low and the government should remain small
What was significant about minimal debt continuation?
America kept as little debt as possible until WWII
What was the result of the 1812 war?
The White House was burnt down but America won the war
What was the advantage of America gaining Mississippi?
They were able to use canals to transport crops and cotton to help the economy.
What did the Monroe Doctrine say?
The USA would intervene in any European attempts to try and get involved in Latin American countries
When was the Monroe Doctrine created?
1823
How did the Monroe Doctrine later develop? What did it now say?
Europe was not able to intervene in the USA itself getting involved with the Latin American countries
What was the idea of ‘Manifest Destiny’ ?
The belief that the current American colonies were destined to expand to the rest of North America
How would USA expansion go about?
Existing states would send pioneers to further western areas to colonise them and adopt the same policies as the rest of the USA
What institution did Northern and Southern USA states get representation in?
The House of Representatives
What was the North South divide with the states of America?
North states were considered free states and South states were considered slave states
What did a compromise in the US constitution result in for slave state representation?
Slave states only counted as 3/5 the value of free states for membership representation of the USA
What was significant about the slave states gaining representation in the USA?
It helped to gradually create a sectional balance
What was invented in 1793? How did this help America?
Cotton Gin. Allowed for cotton to be made quicker
What was the significance of cotton trade in the USA?
It became one of the USA’s largest sources of Income
What class of state was Missourri?
A Slave State
When did Missourri apply to the USA?
1820
How many parts of a deal with Missourri have to make to become a state?
2 parts
What was the first part of the Missourri deal?
Any new slave states that wanted to join the USA had to be South of Missourri
What was the second part of the Missourri deal?
North part of Massachussets would be admitted as its own free state, called Maine
What was the 2 part Missourri deal called?
The Missourri Compromise
What was now an issue with slave states joining the USA after the Missourri compromise?
They would only be able to join the USA if they were south of Missourri
Why was less slave states being able to join the USA after the Missourri Compromise an issue?
It would be difficult for the slave states to gain more representation
What would it have meant in terms of the political balance if Missourri joined the USA? Why?
It would have changed the political balance as there would be 2 more senators
