Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards
`Sectionalism
Loyalty to ones “section”, states felt grouped together
Market Revolution
Factories and mass production replace independent artisans and craftsmen
American System - Henry Clay
3 part system with Infrastructure, a National Bank, and protective tariffs
King Cotton
The nickname for cotton because it was such a powerful crop
Jacksonian Democracy
Gave all white men the right to vote, taking away the requirement of owning property
Jackson’s Bank War
the name given to the campaign Andrew Jackson began to dissolve the National Bank
Nat Turners Rebellion
a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.
Factory system
Lowell Mills
Old Immigrants
Manifest destiny
The right to move west
Louisiana Purchase
Doubled the size of the US, 1803
Monroe Doctrine
Mexican American War
Free Soilers
Republican Party
Missouri Compromise
Allowed Missouri to come in as a slave state and Maine is as free, determined free or slave by latitude, 36 30
Compromise of 1850
Brought California in as a free state, Utah / New Mexico decides by pop. sov, and fugitive slave act gets enforced
Fugitive Slave Law
Any escaped slaves must be returned to their rightful owners
Kansas-Nebraska Acts
Allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to vote to determine if they should be free states or slave states
Dred Scott Case
Ruled that slaves were property and they could be brought into free states. Struck down the Missouri compromise because there was no longer a difference between north and south states
Raid on Harpers Ferry
A raid of a weapons arsenal to give to slaves for a revolt.
Manufacturing
Steamboats
Railroads
Telegraph
The first instant communication, developed by Samuel Morse, utilized Morse code .._..__..
Cotton Gin
Invention by Eli Whitney, removed seeds from cotton, increased need for slaves dramatically
Seneca Falls Convention
Declaration of Sentiments
Abolition Movement
Movement to end slavery
Indian Removal Act
Jackson passed this to move all native Americans west of the Mississippi
Trail of Tears
The several thousand mile walk that 17,00 natives were forced to march as a result of the Indian Removal Act
Worcester V Georgia
American /Know-Nothing Party
anti-immigrant & anti-Catholic; secret handshakes and passwords, when asked what they believe they’d answer “I know nothing” Nativism – American born citizens; distrust of immigrants.
Whig Party
Took place of Federalists, rich white northerners that focused on industrialization. Opposed Manifest Destiny and removal of native Americans.
Democratic Party
love immigrants, divided on the issue of slavery
Liberty Party
Abolitionists - Very small group with little chance of winning
Republican Party
Opposed expansion of slavery into the west. Abraham Lincoln.
Assimilation
Being integrated into a new group
Nationalism
Loyalty and a sense of belonging to ones nation
Industialization
Expansion of industry and factory, got rid of lots of farming
Nullification
states rights
Northwest Ordinance
Process that outlined how to admit new states
Suffrage
The right to vote
