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louisiana purchase |
the purchase in 1803 of french lands in north america that doubled the size of united states |
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territory |
an area of land that has not yet become a state |
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embargo |
a goverment order that stops or slows trade with a particular nation |
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internal improvment |
The building of transportation and communications systems to help a countrys economy |
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industrial revolution |
the period of the great change in how people lived and products brought about by power driver macheins |
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missouri compromise |
the 1820 ruling that admitted missouri as a slave state |
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thomas jefferson |
preident 3 was a demacrtic- republican took oath in march 1801 |
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democratic republicans |
undid popular federlist laws such as the whisky tax cut goverment spending-reduced size of army / navy |
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land of west appalachines |
people moved there for cheap, fertil land this is the west the land was owned by native americans |
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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 |
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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 might as well sell land |
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james monroe robert livingston |
sent to frame to buy new orleans by pres. jefferson ended up with all of la for 15 million |
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lewis and clark |
Sent on an expedition by Jefferson to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific. They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase. |
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flordia |
owned by spain sold to usa in pieces the last and largest piece fl pennesula sold in 1819 |
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great britan |
made usa angry because1) they traded guns for furs-nat. amers. used guns for attack settlers on the frontire2) impressed sailors on the high seas |
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embargo |
jefferson thought this embargo would teach a lesson you need the usa so stop the bad things you are doing we won't trade with you until you stop your bad ways our main tradeing patner |
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james madison |
elected in 1808: is the fourth pre. democt.-repub. |
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war of 1812 |
started in june 1812 peace treaty signed dec.1814. last battle jan. 1816 result 1) no land gained lost2) impressment 3) eng. no longer sold guns to nat. amer. there by making the frontier safe for new settlers 4) amer gained cofidence in itself defeated the most powerfull contry twice |
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commandore oliver perry |
won the first naval battale on lake erie important because it was the amer. 1st win-1813 |
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battle of new orleans |
US won but it was after Peace Treaty. Andrew Jackson was the hero |
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francis scott key |
wrote poem "star spangled banner" while watching ft. mc henrey begin bomboard sept14 1814 became natinoal antem in 1931 |
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robert fulton |
invented first sucsseful steamboat the cleremont now boats can travel up streams against the current |
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erie canal |
in ny went from albany (hudson r.) to buffalo (lake erie) linked the great lakes with the atlantic ocean? new york city finish in 1825 |
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samule f.b. monroe |
invented telegraph? mores code. important because it redused time to send messages to distant places |
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cloth |
was made by hand weaving in us but an english machine could weave cloth faster/ cheaper the us wanted this machine too |
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steam/ water |
these powered the machines of the past firstwater(mills) then steam (engins) |
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cotton gin |
invented by eli whitney in 1793 it took out seeds from cotton fiber now cotton can be processed quickily and cheaply result more cotton is grown more slaves are needed for morre acers of cotton fields |
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north west region |
more factories : more canals?railrode needed to transport products |
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south region |
cotton became the most important crop king cotton more acers planted to cotton than any other crop cotton brings in the most money dependance on slave labor because slaves did the work-now that cotton is a profiable crop more farmes grow it more slaves are needed to do work |
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tarrif |
tax on imported goods |
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slavery |
northeners wanted to keep slavery out of new terr. states were not ready to fight slavery in the south |
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missouri comprimise |
The 1820 ruling that admitted Missouri as a slave state |
