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Missouri admitted as slave state, but after Louisiana Purchase slavery was prohibited north of 36 30'. (American Identity, Globalization, Slavery and its Legacy, American Identity)
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The Lowell Mills open, and start "work life" as we know it today. This was also the first place to house their workers who by the way were usually young girls. (Culture, Economic Transformations, American Identity)
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The first steam powered printing press was used in the US. This made the creation and distribution of paper a lot quicker, and this is when the paper really started being read more. (Economic Transformations, Politics and Citizenship, American Identity)
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Jackson won the election over John Quincy Adams, in a way revolutionized the way the president acted. He gave it a more powerful role whether people liked it or not. (American Identity, Economic Transformations, Politics and Citizenship, Reform, War and Diplomacy)
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Signed by President Andrew Jackson this lead a huge amount of Native Americans out of their land moving them to the West. The South was greatly in favor of this because of them getting their fertile land.
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A revolt by Nat Turner and his followers killed 55 white Virginian men. This was followed by Nat being sentenced to death, and also this created fear in white people so 200 African American people were beaten and killed.
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South Carolina created this because they thought the tariffs created were unfair and unconstitutional so as a state they did not practice those tariffs(1828, 1832). (Economic Transformations, Politics and Citizenship)
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Formed to oppose Andrew Jackson's Democratic party, and strived for modernization and economic protection. (American Diversity, Culture, Economic Transformations, Politics and Citizenship, Reform)
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Because of the depression going on the workers were about to get a pay cut, this led to some of the first organized strikes. Unfortunately the strike failed and the Mills went back to work. (American Identity, Economic Transformations, Reform)
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Panic that happened after Andrew Jackson's presidency that was a financial crisis that sent the US into a 6 year recession. (Economic Transformations, Politics and Citizenship)
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The invention of the Steel Plow helped people move west because the ground was harder in the Midwest then in the East. The steel went through easier helping the movement West. (American Identity, Culture, Environment, Globalization)
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A relocation of Native Americans that were in the Southeast US because of the farmland wanted. Many Native Americans suffered from disease and starvation. (Culture, Demographic Changes, Environment, Reform, War and Diplomacy)
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Sam Morse uses the first telegraph. Today we still use Morse code (rarely) to deliver messages while on the seas. The telegraph later turns the wheels for later inventors who go on to make different means of communication.
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The California gold rush resulted in great movement out West because of the quantity of gold everyone thought it could be their lucky day. (American Diversity, American Identity, Culture, Demographic Changes, Economic Transformations, Environment, Globalization, Reform)
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Was second most read back in its time right behind the Bible. It shows what happened in slavery back then. (American Diversity, American Identity, Culture, Religion, Slavery and its Legacy)
