the cotton gin

Question 1

What was the country’s development?

Answer 1

-First railway lines and steam engine
- Texture industry takes more strenght
- metallurgy progress due to coal and iron

Question 2

social movements during the cotton gin

Answer 2

-abolition of slavery
-feminist movement
- workers movement

Question 3

slavery (south and north)

Answer 3

Cotton cultivated in the south was selled at the north
* North was fighting against slavery

Question 4

Agreements betwen the Union and states that led to a doctrine proposed by the vice president - Calhoun

Answer 4

“nullification” doctrine: give the States the possibility of accepting or not the measures enacted in the Federal Congress.

Question 5

What is the nullification crisis

Answer 5

South Carolina followed the doctrine and rejected the government tarifs

Question 6

Who threatened South Carolina and was against the “nullification” doctrine?

Answer 6

Jackson

Question 7

Who could negotiate a treaty where south Carolina had special treatment and progresivly lower their tarifs

Answer 7

Clay

Question 8

Which president was Jackson’s successor?

Answer 8

Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 - proposed by Jackson

Question 9

what was one of the first financial crisis

Answer 9

Panic of 1837 attributed to Jakson

Question 10

Who achieved the independence of texas

Answer 10

General Sam Houeston
*letter 1833 - Texas is ready to leave Mexico.

Question 11

When and why started the Mexican-Amercian War?

Answer 11

*may 13, 1846 due to hostilities in American Territories.