Period 4

King Caucus

A system for nominations candidates within a political party

Market Revolution

1800-1848 New tech, shift from local agrarian economy to national market based economy

Commercial Agriculture

The Shift from subsistence to Market orinted farming

Lowell system

Factory system which employ young women in textile mills and housing education

Cotton Gin

Innovation that picks the seeds out of cotton. was meant to reduce slavery but boosted it. (Eli Whitney)

Steam Boat

River transportation created by Robert Fulton that revolutionized river transportation

Market Economy

Buying and selling goods rather than subsistence farming

Interchangeable Parts

Manufacturing innovation that mad things easy to assemble (Eli Whitney)

Telegraph

communication technology by Samuel Morse that enabled rapid-long distance messaging

Erie Canal

Canal completed in 1825 that connects the Great lakes to the Atlantic ocean

Universal White Male Suffrage

Voting rights extended to all white men regardless of status

Spoils system

Rewarding political supporters with government jobs

Labor Union

Organization forms by workers to improve wages, hours, and working conditions.

Ten-hour work day

Campaign to reduce the working day from 12-14 hours to 10

Northwest Ordinance

The law that established the frame work for westward expansion