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Gabriel Rebellion
Gabriel organized a rebellion with around 25 other slaves in different plantations. However, it was discovered, and they were all executed. In response, acts were created to keep slaves from interacting. -
Louisiana Purchase
15 million dollars paid to France in exchange for the Louisiana + Northern territories. Jefferson.a -
Steam Boat
Invention of steamboat allowed trade to commence North and South of the Mississippi. It could also go upstream, allowing transportation to go faster, as it could now occur in two directions. -
End of Slave Trade
Slave trade ended with a treaty with Britian. However, slavery continued, and Spain smuggled slaves through Texas and Florida. -
Rush Bagot Treaty
Treaty b/w USA and Britian, forcing their Navy out of the Great Lakes after the War of 1812 -
Boom Bust
Panic! of 1817 had everyone freaking out! Had to do with bank notes not having enough gold/silver to back up i think?? i'm NOT SURE!! :) :) -
First Seminole War
Florida!! How Jackson! became war hero. Britian was involved and he killed some soldiers and got in trouble!! -
American Colonization Society
Americans wanted to end slavery but did not want to create a biracial society. SO! solution! SEND ALL THE SLAVES TO AFRICA. Created Liberia (liberty) but it didn't work and all the africans were abandoned. -
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Monroe
Monroe doctrine!!, democratic republican -
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Erie Canal Construction
Erie Canal connected East (NYC) to West (Chicago) through trade. (STOP! You're in Chicago.) Not only spread trade, but allowed religion to grow as well. However, it created MUCH pollution and screwed up the rivers. -
Adams Onis Treaty
Treaty between Spain and the US. USA purchased Florida from Spain in exchange for something?? can't remember. I'm tired -- apologies -
Missouri Compromise
Clay's plan to cool down Congress on the divide over slave vs freed states. He made Missouri a slave state for a certain amount of years and Maine a free state. -
Lowell
Corporate Spy who stole factory ideas from Britain. Created factory towns for all women workes and invented the first "assembly lines". His towns were first very successful, but after a while it became more expensive and the conditions grew worse. They were a failure. -
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe's foreign policy including non-colonization, stating that the Americas were no longer able to be colonized and any further actions by Europe would be considered acts of aggression and possibly war. -
Charles Finney Revivals
Evangelical preacher trying to reform people along the Erie Canal in the Burned Over district. Did not like intermarriage b/w whites and natives -
Corrupt Bargain
Plan originally for W Crawford to become president, but he became sick, so the caucuses chose Adams as a new canditate. However, most of the caucuses were confused and couldn't decide, so H Clay arranged most of the votes to go for Adams in exchange for him becoming Secretary of State. SoState was a sure fire for the presidency in the future. -
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JQ Adams
ANTI SLAVERY. He had a lot of political parties but.. Federalist?? Blamed for most tariffs. South was NOT a fan -
Tariff of Abominations
Jackson! Tariff on British imports and metal goods, forcing the South to pay more for products, they also had to lower product prices because it cost more to send their products to Britain, and some other econ things... they lost a lot of money $$$. The South blamed Adams and had to rely more on slavery -
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Jackson
Democratic Republican. Veto crazy. Got rid of them Native Americans. Scandalous. Honestly, we know plenty about Jackson. -
David Walker's Appeal
Pamphlet calling for black unity and for all slaves to revolt. One day he was found dead in his doorway -
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Peggy Eaton Affair
Jackson had sex with the wife of a member of his cabinet. She had sex with other members of cabinet as well. Jackson tried to get her to socialize with the other wives of cabinet, but nobody liked to be associated with her - scandalous. So all the husbands quit. -
Indian Removal Act
Jackson! forcing all the natives West into land already occupied by other Native Americans (Sioux?) and some onto reservations. Trail of Tears :( Thousands died. -
Book of Mormon
New huge religion created by Joseph Smith! He had visions and stuff so he recorded it and based a whole religion on it. The people gradually moved West and ended in UTAH (Utah + Utopia -- connection??) -
Webster Hayes Debate
Debate over the nullification crisis after the tariffs. South vs North, sectionalism vs unionism. -
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Telegraph Invented
Samuel Morse! (also was the Morse code guy -- see the connection) Allowed for faster, more convinient communication over long distances. ACTUALLy was used during the civil war to communicate b/w the front lines and the white house!! -
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American Temperance Movement
After Second Great Awakening! In effort to make people better Christians, churches around the nation tried to promote sobriety, get rid of alcohol, practice chastity, and rid of prostitution. Didn't work very well. -
Veto of Maysville Road project
Jackson! hated American System! Didn't want to buy the land?? dont' knoW!!! WE DID NOT LEARN THIS -
Mower Reaper
McCormick created the first successful one. (he was a Virginian -- slavery!!) really helped the grain industry!! -
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Supreme Court case w/ Marshall. Cherokee wanted to show they were a true nation and attempted to sue for their rights. However, they lost. Marshall said they were not their own nation, but in fact, a domestic dependent nation and could not make their own decisions without the National Government. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Huge slave rebellion led by Nat Turner; inspired by Haiti rebellion. Killed 55 whites. Were all lynched. White folks freaked. Led to harsher rules on slaves :/ No hope for VA abolition of slavery -
Veto of the Second National Bank
Jackson! Not a fan of banks. Thought that the national bank was monopolized by the rich and immigrants with the expense of the working man. He was all for the working man. He also moved all the money into state banks. -
Worchester v Georgia
Georgia law had required whites in the territory to get licenses authorizing their residence there. White paster refused and was sentenced to four years at hard labor. Supreme court case.Cherokee Nation was "a distinct political community" within which Georgia law had no force. -
South Carolina Convention
Attempt to nullify tariffs anonymously by Calhoun. It was believed to be taking away power from the states and the south had 0 money. -
William Morgan Disappeared
Member of Free Mason society threated to spill the secrets and then no longer could be found!! (gasp). People freaked out and thought the Free Masons were up to no good (they probably were tbh). Anti Masonic party formed. -
Frederick Douglass Book Published
Abolitionist. Told about life as a slave? so tired -
Specie Secular
Jackson! created a law saying that any purchases of land from the government had to be bought with gold or silver coins, not bank notes. They had run out of silver and gold and needed to replenish their stock. PLUS Jackson hated paper money. $$$ -
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Gag Rule
Congress refused to listen to anything to do with abolition and all petitions would be tabled; nobody could even discuss the topic. -
Elijah Lovejoy Killed
"First casualty of the Civil War". White newpaper editor who refused to not post articles about abolition. Killed by a mob :( -
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Van Buren
Blamed for a lot of things. Disliked. Thought of as Aristocrat. Martin Van RUIN (am i right) -
Log Cabin Hard Cider Campaign
Tippecanoe and Tyler, too! Martin Van RUIN tried to sabotage Harrison, but they used his words against him and became a representative of the common man (even though he was rich). They destroyed the white house :). First true presidential campaign -
Brook Farms
Transcendental utopian society. Equality for all. Didn’t last -
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Tyler
Tippecanoe (Harrison) died so Tyler, too! took over. He was actually not a Whig except for the fact he was not a fan of Jackson. He opposed everything the Whigs stood for and wouldn't be their puppet as they dominated congress. -
Dorothea Dix
Led reforms for women's rights, better jails for all, asylums for those with mental health issues, and opened education for girls along with boys. (not necessarily together, just -- there was education for them as well) -
Joseph Smith Killed
He was running for president (fun fact) and people didn't want him to become a theocratical king + he practiced polygamy (possibly) so a mob killed him (most of the deaths here were preformed by mobs). Replaced by Brigham Young :) -
Seneca Falls Convention
Women's rights convention where they basically rewrote the constitution and included women into the picture. "All men and women are created equal." Nobody took them seriously :( and ignored them -
Horace Mann
Advocate for public schools. Fought for better pay, schools, and cirriculum. (not necessarily for all people to ATTEND) -
Oneida Community
SUPER WEIRD CHURCH OH MY GOD. Very communist. They had sex with everyone because everyone was married. Selective breeding. !! LITTLE GIRLS WOULD HAVE TO "MATE" WITH OLD MEN NOT OKAY -
Harriet Tubman Escapes Slavery
We didn't watch the video :( (thank god we didn't watch mine though)