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Romantic Movement
The Romantic Movement or Romanticism was an intellectual movement that originated in Europe at the end of the 18th century and peaked during the 1800s. Artists of the time period emphasized that sense and emotions were equally important means of understanding and experiencing the world. -
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney, which greatly sped up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. Cotton had become America's leading export by the mid-19th century. It was used for bedding, insulation, and packing material. -
Lowell System
The Lowell System was a labor production model employed during the rise of the textile industry. This was the larger backdrop of the rapid expansion of the industrial revolution in the 19th century. This helped the industrial revolution because it helped increase the amount of product produced at once since they were all done in the same building. -
Antebellum Period
The Antebellum Period is considered the period before the Civil War and after the War of 1812. The term antebellum is used with regard to life in the American south, dealing with the issues' region. Main developments include the development of separate southern and northern economies, westward expansion, and a spirit of reform. -
Cult Of Domesticity
The Cult Of Domesticity is a phrase used to describe the prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the 19th century in the United States and the United Kingdom. Their main belief is that women should stay at home and not do any work outside of the home. This helped spark women's rights movements across the country to protest their current roles in American society. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise admitted Maine to the United States as a free state, and Missouri admitted as a slave state. This maintained the balance of power between North and South in the United States Senate. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
The Adams-Onis Treaty was between the United States and Spain that ceded Florida to America and defined the boundary between the U.S. and Spain. Spain also surrendered its claims to the US. This was a significant treaty because Adams insisted that the boundary of the US had to be extended to the Pacific. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy that opposed European Colonialism in the Americas. The United States did not want interference from Europe when trying to expand and agreed with Europe that they will not interfere with them unless they enter American territory. This prevented Europe from regaining American-owned land. -
Anti-Masonic Party
The Anti-Masonic Party was prominent in the 1820s and 1830s whose main goal was to oppose the Masons. It was established by people who believed that the freemasons killed William Morgan. It was the first third party of the United States and helped pave the way for other parties to establish into contenders. -
Spoils System
The Spoils System is the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters. This was established by Andrew Jackson so he could appoint civil servants to government jobs because of loyalty. This became a custom and practice of future presidential administrations. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was authorized to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for the settlement of their ancestral lands. Andrew Jackson gained the ability to negotiate with eastern nations to effect their removal in tracts of land west of the Mississippi. This began the expansion of industrial cities in these areas. -
"The Liberator"
"The Liberator" was a weekly abolitionist newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison. Its main goal was to use religious imagery to convince readers to demand the immediate freeing of slaves. It was the most influential antislavery periodical in the Pre-Civil War era. -
Specie Circular
The Specie Circular was a presidential executive order issued by Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the coinage act. It required payment to be in gold and silver for government land. This stipulated that all government-owned lands must be paid int his currency to curtail the enormous growth of paper money in circulation. -
Public School Movement
The Public School Movement was started by Horace Mann, the first secretary of the Massachusetts state board of education. Its main goal was to provide free education and establish state control over public schools. This resulted in an equal learning environment for all children throughout America. -
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis that touched off a major depression that lasted into the 1840s. Profits, prices, and wages decreased while unemployment increased. This was caused by the President's new economic policies created by the Specie Circular. -
Asylum Movement
The Asylum Movement was a reform movement in an effort to change the way people approached the mentally ill and how they were treated. Dorothea Dix played a large role in the expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill. -
"The North Star"
"The North Star" was an abolitionist newspaper by Frederick Douglass. It developed into the most influential black antislavery paper published during the antebellum era. It also fought for the emancipation of women and other oppressed groups. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its advertised goal was to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman. This meeting was the spark of the women's suffrage movement, leading to developments such as the women's right to vote.
