Period #4 Vocabulary (Set #3) Flashcards
What title is set three of period four?
What range of years is set three of period four?
Sectionalism
1820-1850
Spoke for the north who complained that New England had not developed fully enough to withstand interruptions in her ability to trade freely with Britain…
Daniel Webster
the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production
Industrial Revolution
the increasing number of people that live in urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas
Urbanization
Members of the backlash movement against the immigrants
Nativists
Also known as the Know-Nothing Party. They were extreme nativists who opposed immigration and the election of Roman Catholics to political office. They would meet in secret and would not tell anyone what they stood for instead saying, “I know nothing,” when asked.
American Party
In the 1800s, cotton became the principal cash crop in the South. The British textile industry created a huge demand for cotton, and the invention of the cotton gin made it practical to grow cotton throughout the South. It was so profitable that the vast majority of southern farms and plantations grew cotton, and the “Cotton
Kingdom” spread west into Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. Essentially, the entire Southern economy became dependent on the success of cotton as a crop
King Cotton
Because there was an increase in the demand for the fiber, there was a growing demand for blacks which led to the population of African slaves to go from 1 million to 4 million
“Peculiar Institution”
A slave who became convinced that he was chosen by God to lead
his people to freedom. In Virginia in 1831, he led about 70 blacks into a revolt against their masters
Nat Turner
