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Northwest Ordinance (1785)
several ordinances enacted by the U.S Congress for the purpose of establishing orderly and equitable procedures for the settlement and political incorporation of the Northwest Territory, the part of the American frontier lying west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River. East of the Mississippi River and South of the Great Lakes, this is generally the area known today as the American Midwest. -
Eli Whitney & the Cotton Gin (1793)
Cotton Gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. Enabling much greater productivity that manual cotton separation. Fibers are then processed into various cotton goods. Undamaged cotton is used largely for textiles like clothing. -
Slave Trade Compromise (1787)
Committee that was solved by another compromise. Congress would have the power to ban the Slave Trade. The convention voted to extend the date of 1808. Slavery was a huge issue that confronted the delegates. Southern states wanted other states to return escaped slaves. -
Missouri Compromise (1820)
There was an effort made to preserve balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, this compromise passed in 1820. Admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Basically it was a debate between the 2 and nobody could make the decision. -
Jackson & Nullification (1828-33)
Jackson opposed nullification. Tariff's opponents expected that the election of Jackson as president would result in the tariff being significantly. The first explicitly protective tariff linked to a specific program of internal improvements was the Tariff of 1824. -
Annexation Of Texas (1845)
Republic of Texas into the United States of America. It was admitted to the union as the 28th state on December 29,1845. This was a declaration of Independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2,1836. -
Mexican War & Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Limits and settlements between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2,1848 in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty came into force force on July 4,1848. The U.S. senate advised and consented to ratification of the treaty by a vote of 38-14.
