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Textile Industries:
the industry in which the production, processing, manufacture, and distribution of fabrics occurs.
Westward Expansion
:A significant push toward the west coast of North America began in the 1810s
Indian Removal Act
authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders
Trail of Tears:
the forced westward migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeas
Denmark Vesey Plot
Denmark Vesey, a carpenter and formerly enslaved person, allegedly planned an enslaved insurrection to coincide with Bastille Day in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822.
Fugitive Slave Law 1850
required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
Compromise of 1850
a series of measures proposed by U.S. Senator Henry Clay and passed by the U.S. Congress to settle several issues connected to slavery and avert the threat of dissolution of the Union
Missouri Compromise
the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a law that tried to address growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery. By passing the law, which President James Monroe signed, the U.S. Congress admitted Missouri to the Union as a state that allowed slavery, and Maine as a free state.
Mexican American War
it stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim)
Kansas Nebraska A
repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.
Popular Sovereignty
citizines are in charge of makeing descions abt laws
free soil
enslaved people were fre thre during the civil war
comprimie of 1808
settled the issue of representation of the upcountry and helped to unify the state.
3/5 comprimise
determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation.
Great Compromise
was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
