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US history Unit 2
Expansion and Reform
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History
11th Grade
02/07/2011

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Alamo

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The battle for Texas Between US and Mexico. US want to expand his territory but Mexico didn't want to sell or give Texas to the US, so the US call war for Texas.
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Cotton Gin

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The Cotton Gin its a machine that help slaves to get the cotton and the seed separates. But this machine increase the amount of slaves in the factory that the Cotton Gin is, it was created by Eli Whitney.
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John Deere

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John Deere create a steel plow that make easier the farming in the southern plantations.This steel plow make the owner of the plantation to get more slaves to work on his/her plantation.
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Cyrus McCormick

 

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Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper to make the harvest of the wheat more easier, the settlement in the west increase thanks to McCormick creation.
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Panic of 1837

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the panic of 1837 started because of the new economic policies of the president Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson said that the central bank was created only to "aid the rich and the powerful"
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Samuel Morse
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Nationalism
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the war of 1812, created that spark that the americans needed to become more patriots.In the same year the federalist party die and all the politicians run for the Democratic-Republican party.

  • Nationalism involves lots of persons with political entity like 

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Adams-Onis Treaty
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its a treaty that Acquire Florida and Oregon from Spain.
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Whigs

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The Democratic-Republican party split leading the creation of the Democrats and The National Republicans, people like to call em "whigs".
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Trail of Tears

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Thousands on Native Americans died on the journey to Oklahoma because the government promise them that the  Native Americans  will have their own land and the government will help them out, but the government help never show up.
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Texas Annexation

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Stephen Austin brought settlers to the mexican territory of texas, the mexicans want that every american that came to this territory of mexico "texas" to become a mexican citizen and to convert the american religion to the catholicism. That bring the mexicans and the americans to a battle "the alamo". americans won, texas was establish but not recognized by the mexican government.
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Mexican-American war

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mexican government considered annexation like a declaration of war, mexican government don't want to make business with the american government because the mexicans were insulted by the annexation. the US army defeat the mexican army in 1848.
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Indian removal Act
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indian removal act is a law that president jackson pass, forcing the native indians across the MS river to "indian territory" in oklahoma.
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American system
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is a system that allows to build a second bank of United States, it protect the tariffs, and this system make the government to build roads and canals.
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Era of good feelings
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is the era where the US acquired the States of Florida and Oregon from spain. the monroe doctrine is in this era too, this doctrine warned the european powers not to interfere with independent nations of the western hemisphere.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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this is the treaty were mexico handed over the southwest territory, also known as the mexican cession. after the mexicans and the americans sign this contract, the US will have now control of the land in the pacific ocean.
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mexican cession 
Definition
the mexican cession were the territories that were under control of the mexican government. 
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gold rush
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when the americans find out that in the western territory were lots of gold under the ground, thousands of american ran to that territory to excavate and make the "gold mines" 
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54-40 or fight 
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when the oregon settlers clash with the british at the northern border,they were trying to make the british to give that part of the territory, but they said "no" 
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Monroe Doctrine
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warned european powers not to interfere with independent nations in the western hemisphere. That means if the europeans interfere with anything of the western hemisphere they will fight.
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sectionalism
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the united states territory was divided into 3 parts, the western (not US territory yet), the south (not complete yet), and the north.
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
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this make Missouri full of slaves, but it will make maine slaves free. 

new states north of the 36-30 parallel will be free, but south of that line would be slaves

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panic of 1819
Definition
the first economic depression,this depression include every american citizen in that time.
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McCullough v. Maryland
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this was the case that make every national bank constitutional.
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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declared that federal power over states was only for interstate and foreign commerce.
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election of 1824
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in this election John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson were in a tied election, but Henry Clay cheats when he convinced the congress to vote for Adams, but clay didn't do that job for free, after Adams was elected and named president he announced that clay will be the secretary of state.
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"corrupt bargain"
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is when Andrew Jackson protested that the election was a "corrupt bargain". Andrew said that clay helped get Adams elected and in return he will have a position in the cabinet.
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tariff of abomination
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it was a new tariff law that adams sign but it was called the tariff of abomination by its opponents (Andrew Jackson and others).
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Jacksonian democracy
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is when andrew jackson was elected as president in 1828, andrew was trying to make a democratic country with his new laws and speeches.
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universal manhood suffrage 
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it was like a law, it said that this will make that every white person will no longer required to have property to vote.
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spoils system 
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its when andrew jackson said that the average men should run their own government because all the white persons in the cabinet were wealthy elites.
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Democrats 
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is one of the sides of the ex-political party known as Democratic-Republicans. this were the supporters of andrew jackson.
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nullification crisis.
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John C. Calhoun 
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was the leader of south carolina during the nullification crisis.

John published the exposition and protest.

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exposition and protest
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the exposition and protest its a document that was published by John C. Calhoun in the year of 1832.
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Bank War 
Definition
the bank war happen when president jackson start to believed that the national bank was made only to aid the rich and powerful persons, so president jackson ordered to remove everything that was on the national bank and put it into the pet banks in the year of 1832.
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pet banks
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pet banks are the small banks all over the country
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cotton kingdom
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the cotton kingdom was when eli whitney's cotton gin was created and processed into the southern states.

it was called the cotton kingdom because in that time cotton was the major product and the best sold.

the cotton kingdom happen in the year of 1793

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plantation system
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mormons

 

Definition
the mormons are a group of person that said that they need to have as many kids as possible and need to have more than one wife because god said so.
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