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1800-1844
Transforming the Economy and Culture
Term | Definition |
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Embargo Act of 1807 | Pushed through by President Jefferson, forbade trade with all foreign nations |
McCulloch v. Maryland | Supreme court case that involved the implied powers of Congress to create a national bank; reinforced supremacy clause. |
Tecumseh | Native American leader who stepped forward to band the nations together in support of the British in the War of 1812. |
Henry Clay | Speaker of the House, war hawk, coined the term “American System” |
Monroe Doctrine | Cornerstone of U.S. Foreign Policy enunciated by President Monroe in his annual message to Congress. |
The Market Revolution | In the 1820s & 1830s, factories and mass production increasingly displaced independent artisans. |
Division of Labor | Separation of a work process into a number of tasks, with each task performed by a separate person or group of persons |
Waltham-Lowell System | Innovative labor program utilizing farm girls and young women came to work in the textile factory while housed in boarding houses |
Samuel Slater | Founder of the American cotton-textile industry |
Eli Whitney | Inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer who is best remembered for inventing the Cotton Gin. |
Cyrus McCormick | American industrialist and inventor who is credited with the development of the mechanical reaper |
John Deere | American inventor & manufacturer of agricultural implements |
The American System | The policy of promoting industry in the U.S. by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government |