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Industrial Revolution
The new manufacturing processes during the late 1700s and 1800s. -
Cotton Gin
A machine made for seperating cotton from its seeds. -
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Manifest Destiny
The belief that the expansion of the United States was both justified and inevitable. -
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2nd Great Awakening
A Protestant religious revival movement. -
Missouri Compromise
Government granted Missouri statehood as a slavestate. -
The Lighter
The first lighter first called "The Döbereiner's Lamp" created by Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner. -
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Jackson's Presidency
The United States 7th president Andrew Jackson's presidency -
Indian Removal Act
A law passed by Andrew Jackson that authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. -
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Nullification Crisis
A sectional crisis which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government.