History Final

Connecticut or “Great” Compromise

An agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 provided that the American government would have two houses in Congress: the Senate, where each state has two Senators, and the House of Representatives, where each state has a number of Representatives based on population.

Battle of Saratoga

A battle that took place in 1777 a turning point in the revolutionary war. The American defeat of the British Army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and convinced foreign nations like France to get involved in the war.

Three-Fifths Compromise

The three-fifths compromise was reached during the 1787 constitutional convention. It determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.

Election of 1800

The presidential election between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams resulted in the first democratic-republican party victory after the Federalist administrations of George Washington and John Adams. Resulted in the twelfth amendment requiring separate electoral votes for the president and vice president.

Manifest Destiny

The widespread belief that America was “destined” by God to expand westward across the continent into lands claimed by Native Americans as well as European nations.

Erie Canal

1825, the most important and profitable of the barge canals of the 1820s and 1830s; stretched from buffalo to Albany, New York, connecting the Great Lakes to the East Coast and making New York City the nations largest port.

The Lowell “Experiment”

Model New England factory communities that during the first half of the nineteenth century provided employees, mostly young women, with meals, a boardinghouse, and moral discipline, as well as educational and cultural opportunities.

The Putting-Out System

The putting-out system, also known as the domestic system, was a popular way of organizing production in Europe from the 17th to the 19th century. This system allowed businesses to subcontract work to individuals and households instead of having their own factories.

Cotton Gin

Hand-operated machine invented by Eli Whitney in the late eighteenth century that quickly removed seeds from cotton bolls, enabling the mass production of cotton in nineteenth-century America.

The Trail of Tears

(1832-1840) The Cherokees’ 800-mile journey from southern Appalachians to Indian Territory (in present-day Oklahoma); 4,000 people died along the way. Resulting in the Seminole the only tribe being left in Florida.