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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance of both free and slave states. -
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Lowell Mills
Factories were build by the river where all the factory steps were under one roof. -
Santa Fe Trail/Trade
It served as a vital commercial and military highway until the introduction of the railroad. -
Fur Trade
A yearly trade was formeded, it lasted many days with trading, drinking and gambling. -
Erie Canal
It was the first transportation system between the eastern seaboard and the western interior of the United States that did not require portage. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was made to relocate Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
He Led a rebellion that resulted in over deaths among their victims, the largest number of white fatalities to occur in one uprising -
Government funded exploration
The government was paying people to explore the land, and map it. -
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States. Every bank began to accept payment only in specie -
Manifest Destiny
American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent. -
Oregon Trail
The trail connected the states of the east via the passes across the mountains. -
Press and the War
For the first time accounts by journalist not opinionated politicians were the shapers of attitude towards war, -
Gold Rush
New discovery of gold brought 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. About half came from the sea, and half from land. -
Free Soil Movement
Its main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories. -
Fugitive slave act
Declared that all runaway slaves be brought back to their masters.
