Eli Whitney
Inventor of the cotton gin,
Interchangeable parts
Parts that are exactly alike
Mass Production
The production of goods in large quantities
Industrial Revolution
Social and economic reorganization that took place as machines replaced hand tools and large scale factory production development
Samuel Slater
1793- British immigrant, in Rhode island - First successful mechanized textile factory in america
Cotton gin
Eli Whitney’s invention
American System
Objective were to promote nationalism, make us self sufficient and economically strong
Erie Canal
362 miles, 8 years to dig, Connected the Hudson river with lake erie
Tariff of 1816
A protective tariff designed to aid american industries
Era of Good feelings
period of great nationalism
Interstate commerce
.first law allowing the United States government to regulate businesses
Gibbons Vs. Ogden
power to regulate interstate commerce was given to the congress
McCulloch Vs. Maryland
.The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland.
Nationalism
the belief that national interests should be placed ahead of regional concerns or the interests of other countries
Adams-Onis Treaty
Spain ceded Florida to the US
Monroe Doctrine
Us would not involve itself in European affairs or interfere with existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere
Missouri Compromise
Series of agreements passed by congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states
Andrew Jackson
John Q Adams’ Chief political apponent
Spoils System
The practice of winning candidates rewarding their supporters with government jobs
Indian Removal Act
Law , Enacted in 1830 that forced Native American people east of the Mississippi to move to lands in the west
Worcester Vs. Georgia
something at the indians
Trail of Tears
The Cherokee buried more than a quarter of their people
John C. Calhoun
Jackson’s Vice president of SC
Tariff of abominations
Colhoun’s name for an 1828 tariff increase that seemed to southerners to be enriching the North at thier expense
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts Senator, Rose in senate and delivered one of the greatest speeches in American History
Whig Party
political party formed in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson
Panic of 1837
Bank closing and the collapse of the credit system cost people their savings , bankruped hundreds of businesses and put more than a third of the population out of work
William Henry Harrison
Candidate of the Whig Party
John Tyler
Harrison’s Vice president and successor , opposed many parts of the whig program for economic recovery