• Who was Eli Whitney?

-Known for using interchangeable parts of a firearm + inventor of the cotton gin

• Who was Samuel Slater?

-”father of industrial revolution”, called this because he introduced first water powered cotton mill.

• Who was Francis Cabot Lowell?

  - built most famous textile mill, highly contributing to manufacturing industry

• Who was Henry Clay?

  -a senator, created plan for US that included tariffs, roads and canals to be built and 2nd bank of US

• What was the Missouri Compromise?

  - an attempt to address tension about slavery

• Who was John C Calhoun?

  - a big states rights advocate from South Carolina, slave owner, supported embargo that lead to War of 1812

• What was the Marbury V Madison case about?

  - case stating legislature could declare laws unconstitutional

• What was the Gibbons V Ogden case about?

  -discussed rights to regulate interstate commerce/trade

• What was the Adams- Onis Treaty of 1819?

  - Defined Western limits of Louisiana Purchase

• What was the Erie Canal/ its significance?

  -direct route from Ohio to New York

• What was the Louisiana Purchase and when did it happen?

  -US purchase of Louisiana territory from France , 1803

• What was the Era of Good Feelings?

  - period of nationalism /optimism (1816-1824)

• What was the Monroe Doctrine?

  -a warning to Europe to not interfere with Western affairs

• What was the election of 1824?

  • when John Q Adams defeated Andrew Jackson by a lot more electoral votes