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Subsistence economy

Not money, natural resources meet only basic needs

Market economy

Supply and demand

Cotton gin

Machine to separate seeds from cotton, made process faster, helped textile industry

Textile industry

Vast, produced clothing, etc. helped by cotton gin

McCormick reaper

Chariot that cut grain faster than tools, used by slaves

Telegraph

Transmit messages over long distances

Steamboat

Dependable, made Mississippi River economy boom

Erie Canal

Linked NYC to Great Lakes, decreased cost of shipping, chartered by New York.

Henry clay’s American system

He was leader of war hawks, would not tolerate British insults

Nativism

Thinking your country is best, rebuking other thoughts.

Jackson democracy

Jackson won in 1828

1825 election

Went to congress, clay supported Adams and made him win

1828 election

Jackson won and let everyone in the White House

John Calhoun and nullification

He was VP, said states could nullify federal laws

Bank war

Andrew Jackson’s campaign to dissolve bank of US, shifted to state banks

Indian removal act

Indians could be forcibly removed

Manifest destiny

God said it is ok

Slavery in the territories

Compromise where slavery was allowed

Missouri compromise

Henry clay, balance of power between slave and free states

Tx revolution

Resulted in Tx independence, Tx wanted to be a state

Mex-American war

US annexed Tx, dispute over border, Mex had to give up many states

Abe Lincoln spot resolution

He asked if war was justified and said it was bad

Wilmot Proviso

Failed attempt to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico. Blocked by senate

Interpretation of mex - American war

Manifest destiny vs wanting to expand slavery

King cotton

White gold

Southern myth of slavery

Slaves we’re happy and loyal

Lost cause in popular culture

Portrayed confederate as noble and slavery as not a big deal

Internal slave trade

States would trade slaves between each other

White unity

White supremacy in south

Nat Turner’s rebellion

Inspired by bible

2nd great awakening

New religions, Baptist- pro slavery, Methodist and Mormon against

Postal campaign

Send anti slavery messages to south

Fredrick Douglas

Former slave wrote book about his experiences

William Lloyd garrison

Journalist, social reformer, anti slavery pro women

Harriet Tubman

Started Underground Railroad

John Calhoun

Said slavery was beneficial

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Leader, writer, pro women

Seneca falls convention

First women’s rights convention