S.S Chaper 10 1-32
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- Lewis and Clark
- Sent by President Jefferson to explore LA and find a water route to the Pacific
- Internal Improvement
- The building of transportation and communications systems to help a countries economy
- Cloth
- Was made by hand weaving in US but on English machines could weave cloth faster and cheaper. The US wanted this machine too
- Land West of Appalachians
- People move there for cheap, fertile land. This is "west." The land was owned by Native Americans
- Water and Steam
- These powered the machined of the past. First water(mill) then steam(engine)
- Embargo
- Jefferson thought this embargo would "teach" a lesson --> 100 need the US to stop the bad things you're doing! We won't trade with you until you stop your bad ways. Our main trdaing partner is Great Britain. The US sells raw material to Europe and we but finished products from their factories
- Democrat Republican
- Undid unpopular Federalist laws such as the Whiskey Tax. Cut government spending and reduced the size of army/navy
- Thomas Jefferson
- President #3. Was a Democratic-Republican that took oath in March 1801
- Battle of New Orleans
- US won but it was after Peace Treaty. Andrew Jackson was the hero
- Missouri Compromise 1
- The 1820 ruling that admitted Missouri as a slave state
- Missouri Compromise
- Made in 1820. 1) Missouri slave state 2) For future- north of 36'30 would be free; South would be slave. Only deals with land in the Louisiana Purchase.
- Robert Fulton
- invented first successful steamboat the Cieremont New boats could now travel agiants the current.
- Florida
- Owned by Spain, sold to US in pieces. The last and largest piece is Florida's peninsula sold in 1819
- Francis Scott Key
- wrote poem "Star Spangled Banner" while watching Fort McHerny being bombed September 1814 . Became the National Anthem in 1931
- Napoleon
- Emporer of France, wanted to have a war with England, wants to sell LA to get war money; can't defend LA from British so might as well sell land
- Embargo
- A government order that stops or slows trade with a particular nation
- Great Britain
- Made USA angry because 1)they traded guns for the Native Americans and used guns to atatck settlers on the frontier. 2) impressment sailers on the high seas
- South (region)
- Cotton became the most important crop "King Cotton" - more acres planted cotton than any other crop. Cotton brings in the most money- greater dependence on slave labor because slaves did the work. Now that cotton is a profitable crop more farms grow it. More slaves are needed to do work
- New Orleans
- Important to USA because this was the port city for Western farmers. The Mississippi River was the highway for these farmers and their products
- Commander Oliver Perry
- Won the first naval battle on lake Erie. Important because it was Americans first win-1813
- Cotton gin
- Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. It removed seeds from cotton fibers. Now cotton could be processed quickly and cheaply. Results: more cotton is grown and more slaves are needed for more acres of cotton fields
- War of 1812
- Started June 1812; Peace Treaty signed December 1814; Last battle January 1815; Results: 1) no land gained/lost 2) impressment ended 3) England no longer sold guns to Native Americans thereby making the frontier safe for new settlers 4) Americans gained confidence in itself by defeating the British twice
- Louisiana Purchase
- the purchase in 1803 of French lands in North America that doubled the size of the United States
- Industrial Revolution
- The period of great change in how people lived and made products, brought about by power- driven machines
- Erie Canal
- in NY went from Albany(Hudson R.) to Buffalo(Lake Erie) linked great lakes with Atlantic Ocean(NYC.) finished in 1825
- Slavery
- Northerners wanted to keep slavery and cut off new territory/states. North was not ready to fight slavery in South
- Territory
- An area of land that has not yet become a state
- North and West (regions)
- More factories; more canals and railroads needed to transport products
- James Madison
- Elected in 1888; is the 4th President; Democratic-Republican
- Sammual F.B. Morise
- Invented the telegraph/Morise code. Important because it reduced time to send messages to distant places
- Tariff
- Is a tax put on imported products to make prices higher than some American products. Now American made cost less. Liked by North because their factory products could compete with Europeans because American products could be cheaper. If factories are producted they can sell more American products- employ more people. Not liked by South- they felt they should not have to pay an unfair higher price for imports