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Western Expansion

By Tboo97
  • Factory System

    Factory System
    The factory system was prodominant in the Northern United States while industry was frowned upon in the South. The factory system was when people would all go to a building with many machines to produce a large surplus of items.
  • Steamboats

    Steamboats
    Steamboats were new invention that were stronger and more efficient. The first successful steamboat was created by Robert Fulton in New York.
  • Middle Class

    Middle Class
    The Middle class was the fadtest growing class in the United States. They worked during the day and had a diet consisting of meat, grains, and veggies and fruits.
  • John Marshall

    John Marshall
    John Marshall was a Supreme Court Justice in Washington, D.C. He was the cousin of Thomas Jefferson. He did the most to mold the American Justice system on his own. He was extremely stong- willed and powerful.
  • James Madison

    James Madison
    James Madison was the 4th President of the United States. He was President when Americans were being taken hostage by English sailors and during the unneccassary War of 1812. He served until 1817.
  • Dartmouth v. woodward

    Dartmouth v. woodward
    This took place in New Hampshire because Congress wanted to make Dartmouth a state university.
  • Tallmadge Amendment

    Tallmadge Amendment
    The Tallmadge Amendment was presented to Congress in Washington D.C/ The bill stated that all children born after this bill was introduced would become after they turned 25.
  • Panic of 1819

    Panic of 1819
    The Panic of 1819 took place all over America. This panic occured because banks began to call in loans to farmers of America that were unable to pay. It also occured because of the debt from the War of 1812.
  • Johnson vs. McIntosh

    Johnson vs. McIntosh
    This court case brought forth the decision that private citizens couldn't buy land from the Native Americans.
  • Election of 1824

    Election of 1824
    The election of 1824 was between 5 democratic- republicans. This election took place over the United States. It was the election that was the reason behind the collapse of the Republican- federalist party.
  • Changes in Transportation

    Changes in Transportation
    The fastest form of transportation in the 1700's were horses. However, in the early 1800's, changes in transportation took place throughout America to replace this old for of travel. Some new invetions were the steamboat, locomotives, and canals for easy trade.
  • Erie Canal

    Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal was built in New York to connect Lake Erie, The Great Lakes, and the Atlantic Coast together to increase and expand trade between the East and the West.
  • Tariff of Abominations

    Tariff of Abominations
    This tariff was created to protect the indusries in the Northern part of the United States.This tax was opposed by the Southern states becasuethey had to pay higher taxes for products that were not produced in the South.
  • Spoil System

    Spoil System
    The Spoil system was when Presidential candidates won their place in Washington D.C, they would appoint their friends and/ or supporters as part of theri cabinent to give them a job regardless of their qualification.
  • Peggy Eaton Affair

    Peggy Eaton Affair
    The affair Peggy Eaton and Senator Eatron took part of in Washington, DC cost the entire cabinent of Andrew Jackson to lose their jobs because their wives had a great disdain for Peggy when they heard of the affair.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
    The Trail of Tears was the removal of all Native American tribes east of the Mississippi River.
  • Lowell, Massechusetts

    Lowell, Massechusetts
    This city was home to a textile mill with employees that were almost all female. These women had no freedom at work or at home becasue they were never allowed the oppurtunity to express their feelings
  • American System

    American System
    The American System was an economic plan that was created by the government. Its intentions were to balance agriculture, commerce, and industry in the United States.
  • The Reaper

    The Reaper
    The Reaper is a farming tool used in fields that could harvest rippened crops. In today's society, it is commonly seen with the "Grime Reaper."
  • Worcester v. Georgia

    Worcester v. Georgia
    This corurt case brought forth the decision that non- native Americans could not be on Native American land without a license.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    The telegraph was a a machine created in Washintong by Samuel B. Morse, who also created Morse Code, to communicate over a far distance.
  • John C. Calhoun

    John C. Calhoun
    Calhoun was the 7th Vice- President of the United States. He was a aster of persuasion when it came to keeping peace throughout the United States when Southern states threatened to seceed.
  • 5 civilized Tribal groups

    5 civilized Tribal groups
    The 5 civilized Native Americans tribes are the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole because they were the only tribes that adopted some of the European ways and customs.
  • Nativism

    Nativism
    Nativism was an idea that immigration should be illegal. This idea was popular in the late 1800's in Northern United States when plenty of Irish and Germans moved here because of the Potatoe Famine.
  • African American Poverty

    African American Poverty
    Many African americans in America in this time were owned by whites in the South as slaves.They would typically work as maids to the women of the house, cooks, or field slaves.