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Emerging Nation
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Politics: Articles of Confederation
The Second Contintental Congress set up a new plan of government in the Articles of Confederation, which was a set of laws. It established a form of government called a confedertation among the thirteen states -
Innovation: The Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to boost the production of cotton. Workers who previously could clean only one pound of cotton by hand per day could now clean as much as fifty pounds per day. -
Politics: The Election of 1800
This election was a hard fought campaign that proved the legitimacy of the US Constitution by safely transferring power from one political party to another. It was fought by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who were each a part of the other's opposing political party, had differences that made the Constitution which we still have today. -
Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
This territory was brought from France for $15 million in order to gain the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans. The purchase literally doubled the size of the United States. -
Expansion: Lewis and Clark
These two brave explorers, Lewis and Clark, were sent to discover what was in the depths of US's acclaimed and desired territories, including the people, life, diseases, and resources. With the help of a Native American called Sacagawea, the explorers were able to help President Jefferson see what's in his new land. -
Politics: War of 1812
The War of 1812 began on June 18th. It was caused by American anger towards the British. Causes of the war were Britain's impressment policy, their inference in American trade, and British suppor of Native American terrorism. -
Innovation: The Steam Engine
James Wott invented this and solved several problems with coal and a power source. This invention made it easier to transport heavier things by boat until the railroads were invented. -
Slavery: The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. The rest of the Louisiana Territory was split into two parts; south of the 36 degree 30 north latitude, slavery was legal. -
Society: The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening awakened Christian religious sentiments primarily through revival meetings. It doubled the amount of Christains in America. -
Slavery: William Lloyd Garrison and The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison was a radical white abolitionist. He was an editor for antislavery newspapers until he established his own called the Liberator in 1831. He wanted to deliver an uncompromising demand: immediate emancipation. -
Society: National Trades' Union
Journeymen's organizations from several industries united to form the National Trades' Union which faced fierced opposition from bankers and owners. -
Innovation: The Telegraph
Samuel Morse patented the telegraph, the first instant electronic communicator in 1837. Morse taps on a key to send bursts of electricity down a wire to the reciever where an operator translates the electricity into a language. -
Expansion: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The US and Mexico signed this treaty after the war with Mexico granting the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico and ceded New Mexico and California territories to the US. -
Society: Seneca Falls Convention
At this convention, hundreds of women gathered together and approved a declaration that called for women's rights. It included women having the right to vote and abolitionist ideas. -
Slavery: The Compromise of 1850
The compromise admitted California as a free state to please the north. To please the south, it proposed a more effective fugitive slave law. It also allowed popular sovereignty for residents of the New Mexico and Utah territories.
