Final 150 Part 2** Flashcards
Election of 1800
John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson wins
Louisiana Purchase
U.S. Bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Convinced people to move West
Impressment and the attack of the Chesapeake
Causes of the War of 1812
War Hawks from the War of 1812
Wanted war
War of 1812 – DC burned, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans
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The Star Spangled Banner
Written by At Fort McHenry
Monroe Doctrine
Said that America didn’t want new European colonies in the Americas
Irish Potato Famine’s relationship to Immigration
People left because of the famine
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s convention
Seneca Falls, New York. First women’s rights convention.
Industrial Revolution
Change from agrarian to industrial
Capitalism
Money is put into a business in hopes of it making a profit
Free Enterprise System
People can sell, buy, and produce what the want.
Supply and Demand
Cost is set by demand and so is supply
Number One Crop in the South in the 1800’s
Cotton
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin – what it did and why that was important
Spilt the cotton from the seeds. Made farming cotton much easier
Urban vs Rural
urben– city
Rural– county
Wilderness Road
The route to Kentucky from the Atlantic Coast
Daniel Boone
Blazed the Wilderness Trail
Cumberland Gap
An easy path through the Appalachian Mountains
The Corrupt Bargain
Henry Clay convinced Congress to vote for John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson – spoils system, fight with the bank
Spoils System–Replacing employees with winning candidate supporters
Indian Removal Act
Relocated Native Americans to Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
Movement of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma.
Sequoyah
Created Written Cherokee language
William Henry Harrison’s Presidency
Lasted 32 days
Manifest Destiny
America should be from sea to sea
Texas Rebellion
Was a rebbe,ion against Mexican rule. Texas became the Lone Star Republic