| Term | Definition |
|---|
| as of 1808 | foreign slave trade was banned |
| continued to be | born into slavery and, bought and sold like property |
| slave codes | slaves could not: -own property, -leave plantation without permission, -bring a lawsuit, sign a contract, -possess a weapon, -learn to read or write |
| resistance and rebellion | work slowdowns, broke tools, set fire to houses and barns, rebelled against owners |
| 1800 | Gabriel Prosser |
| 1822 | Denmark Vesey |
| what they did | niether actually began to revolt, yet both men were hanged |
| James Madison | election of 1812 |
| James Monroe | election of 1816 |
| James Monroe | election of 1820 |
| Tariff of 1816 | this helped level the playing field for American businesses; made American and European manufactured goods comparable in price |
| National Road | this connected the east and west allowing for increased settlement and trade |
| Adams-Onís Treaty | this treaty resulted in America's purchase of Florida from Spain and established a boundary between US and Spain territory in the West |
| Monroe Doctrine | this document warned European nations not to colonize in the Western Hemisphere |
| industrialization | period in which homemade goods were replaced by factory made goods |
| Great Britain | country in which this change in production began |
| Samuel Slater | this man was responsible for building the first factory in the United States |
| textile | the industry of this first factory |
| sewage, fires | some problems in the cities as a result of growth |
| Erie Canal | connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River |
| Unions | organizations formed to help workers gain better pay and working conditions |
| Missouri Compromise | act of Congress, in which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free stateand slavery was prohibited in the North and allowed in the South |
| cash crops in south | tobacco, cotton, and rice |
| first factories located near water | because water turned into steam and steam was used for the machines |
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