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Spoils System
Successful political party giving the office jobs to its corresponding party supporters to increase power of the political party. -
Steamboats
These were huge naval vessels that could transport massive amounts of passengers or cargo across long distances. Steam powered. -
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented to pull and manufacture cotton with ease, cutting labor costs and making cotton a whole lot cheaper to produce. -
Industrialization
The process of a country or community innovating their technology and incorporating new methods of manufacturing and transporting goods and resources. -
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Louisiana Purchase
The US bought the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million dollars in 1803. 15 million dollars. It's like a fourth of the country. Insane. -
Judicial Review
Judicial Review was the outcome of the Marbury v. Madison case, which gave the supreme court the power to overrule a law being written by the legislature if they deemed it to be unconstitutional. -
Shakers
Society that valued gender and racial equality. Constantly looked for ways art and intellectual development could take place within their community. -
Public School Movement
Advocated for public schools to be paid by taxes. Horace Mann supported "common schools", or one room schools where all ages were taught. He later advocated for grade-by-age schooling. -
Antebellum Period
Time period beginning after the war of 1812 and ending before the civil war began. Refers largely to the South, and issues revolving around slaves, plantations, etc. -
Asylum Community
The evolution of insane asylums to better take care of the "mad" people of the community. These asylums were the first stepping stones into modern psychiatry. -
2nd Great Awakening
The 2nd Great Awakening was a religious revival spurring up toward the beginning of the 19th century. People realized that they needed to center their lives around God in order to succeed, which is why everyone stopped working on Sundays and people began to come to church again. -
Missouri Compromise
Added Missouri as a Union state and Maine as a free state. Calmed the unsettled peace between the North and South. -
Monroe Doctrine
Doctrine that opposed European colonization and exploration in the western Americas. Passed in 1823, gained its name in 1850. -
Revolution of 1828
When Andrew Jackson won the election of 1828, people went crazy, as this was the first president not from Virginia or Massachusetts, and they saw it as a "victory of the common people". -
Indian Removal Act
Authorized the president to negotiate land with the natives. US wanted to take their current ancestral ground in exchange for land out west for the natives to live. -
Nullification Crisis
Dispute during Jackson's Presidency that involved South Carolina and the federal government. Protests about taxes on foreign goods. -
Specie Circular
Executive order presented by Jackson that required all western land transactions to be made in silver and gold only. -
Panic of 1837
Financial crisis leading to prices, profits, and wages decreasing while unemployment and poverty skyrocketed. Lasted until the mid-1840s. -
Oneida Community
A utopian religious community that arose out of a Society of Inquiry created by John Noyes. A perfectionist community, meaning once they had accepted God they were 100% free of doing all sin. -
Romantic Movement
A cultural movement originating from Europe. Included milestones in art, literature, music, and intellect. Artists and writers focused on love stories and heartbreaks in their pieces. -
Women's Rights Movement
Women were fighting for not only the right to vote, but equal respect and pay in jobs as well. This movement lasted all the way until the end of the 1900s.
