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Cotton Gin
Machine that separated seeds and cotton to make it easier. -
War of 1812
A War against the U.S. and Great Britain. Britain attempted to slow down the U.S. trade. Britain's Navy tried to capture American sailors and make them fight in war,and America wanted to grow its territory. -
Henry Clay's American System
tariff to protect and promote american industry -
Missouri Compromise
The effort to balance the power in Congress between slave and free states. -
Monroe Doctrine
Showed that the U.S. would not be colonized by the Europeans. -
Trail of Tears
An "indian territory" was made special for indians to grow cotton. They were forced to walk thousands of miles from their homelands. -
The Alamo
A war to declare independence against mexico.
