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Industrialization
Invention of the cotton gin and other machines make farming easier and increase production of goods as America moves away from strictly agriculture to factories and other industries. -
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War of 1812
Madison's War- US declares war on Britain after they continually interrupt trade with France. Madison wanted to rid their region of Britain. -
Nationalism
Loyalty to the interests of an entire country Took off after the US held their own in the war of 1812 -
Treaty of Ghent
Ended the war of 1812, between England and America -
Sectionalism
Loyalty to local interests rather than the interests of the enitire country -
Adam Onis Treaty
Established a border between Spanish territory and American territories. -
Abolitionists
Group moving to emancipate slaves and do away with the slave trade. Added to the sectionalism between North and South. -
Missiouri Compromise
Returned the balance of the free states and slave states by allowing Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Monroe Doctrine
President Monroe communicates to the rest of the world the Western Hemisphere is closed for settlement and leads to further expansion of the country of America. -
Tariff of 1828
America imposed a tax on imported goods; it hurt the south's economy and further separated the North and the South -
Railroads
Railroads improved industry, travel and worked to further expand America.
