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1800 - 1850
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Underground Railroad
White men adn women that didn't like slavery let runaway slaves come to their house to stay for a night then tell them were to go to help them get to Philadelphia. -
Second Great Awakening
The expansion of church membership in the colonies. It lasted for 50 years. -
Immigration
Immagrants from Ireland and Germany started coming to the colonies to get jobs. -
Lowell Mills
The Lowell mills were opened and women and young girls were hired for working. They ended up going on strike and returned to the mills with reduced pay. -
Railroads
Railroads were built so they could transfer goods faster -
Nat Turner's Revolt
Nat Turner and five other slave led a revolt that killled his master Travis along with 50 other white men women and children. -
Nullification Crisis
The leaders of South Carolina thought that the state din't have to follow any federal laws and that they could nullify the laws. -
Bank War
President Andrew Jackson denouced the Bank as unconstitutional, harmful to state's rights, and ''dangerous to the liberties of the people.'' -
The Gag Rule
Made it so the people couldn't speak out against slavery or any other political issue. -
Panic of 1837
800 banks suspended businesses, refusing to pay out any other of their $150 million in deposits. -
Trail of Tears
President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy made the Cherokee nation give up their lands and migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. During this journey 4,000-15,000 American Indians died. -
Mexican-American War
The war between Mexico and America was about who would control Texas. -
Women's Rights Movements
Women got sick of not being able to d things so they started to speak out and started the women's rights movements. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman ran to Philadelphia one night then came back to the south 19 times to free other slaves. She ended up freeing 300 African Americans. -
California Gold Rush
Miners in California found gold in the mines and when word spread to the colonies everyone was trying to move to California
