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George Washington
Elected first President of the United States -
Alexander Hamilton
Elected the first secretary of the treasury under Washington -
Protective Tariffs
Import tax on goods from Europe -
Second Great Awakening
Religious revival where preachers rejected the ideas of Calvinism. Brought Black slaves into the church -
Charles Gandison Finney
Led the Seond Great Awakening -
Two Economis Systems
Agriculture in the North included farming (grain). Cotton gin created which exploded the cotton industry -
Whisky Rebellion
Farmers in Penn. refuse to pay tax -
Pinckney's Treaty
Gave access to US beyond Mississippi river -
John Quincy Adams
Established foreign policy based on Nationalism (National interests placed above regional interests). Also served as the second President -
XYZ Affair
Bribe for $250,000 with the French -
Industrial Revolution
Machines replaced manual labor in hopes of mass production -
Jefferson
Reduced the size of the army, expansion of the navy, and lowered expenses for goverment social functions -
Lewis and Clark
Explored the West toward the Pacific Ocean -
Louisiana Purchase
Land Puchased West of the Mississippi which more then doubled the US -
Natiional Road
Included the creation of highways connecting different regions in the US -
War of 1812
War fought between the US, Britain, France, and Indians -
Andrew Jackson
Hero of the war of 1812. Also served as President from 1829-1837 -
Capitalism
Private business and individuals control the means of production -
Missourie Compromise
Maine given freedom. Missourie becomes slave state. Made the North slavery illegal and South legal -
Cotton Industry
Major industry in the manufacturing era produced things like shirts -
Home Industries
ideas of artisanship at home was exploding. Master-journeyman-apprentice -
Mexican Land Grants
Gave Americans cheap land in Texas for a compromise of obedience of Mexican law -
Monroe Doctrine
US stated that they weren't going to get involved in foreign affairs -
Texas Revolution
Rebellion's in Texas and other Mexican states -
Erie Canal
Stretched 363 miles and linked the Hudson river to Lake Erie -
Indian Removal Act
Provided funds to move the Indians out west -
Abolition
People began to speak out against slavery especially leading preachers and radical abolitionaists -
National Trades' Union
A group of workers in a specific fields formed to represent the workers in the job for bargining -
Oregon Trail
Led by missionaries who would travel to convert people to Christianity. Also was used for major migration -
Telegraph
A device to carry messages across copper wire -
Panic of 1837
Banks stopped accepting paper money ollapsing the credit system and put a third of the population out of business -
Horace Mann
Became the first secretary of the Massachusetts board of education. Established a reform for public schools for children -
American Temperance Society
A strong effort to get rid of alcohol -
Specialization
Raising one or two crops to sell -
Texas becomes 28th state
Texas adds to the expansion of the US -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexico agreed to settle south of Rio Grande and gave America New Mexico and California -
Gold Rush
People from Asia, South America, and Europe came to California to take part -
Transcendentalism
Practiced the living of a simple life, and celebrated god in nature and in man's own mind -
Cult of Domesticity
Women were given the only role after marriage being housework and taking care of children -
Railroads
Use of canals diminished and the efficiency of railroads sparked new life in their use. They could be used all year round and were much faster