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his 1
1780s- 1840s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Shay's Rebellion | 1780s, Daniel Shay and others protested against gov of Mass who owed debts. They collected tax money and were taking property from farmers who couldn't pay. Farmers surrounded a courthouse and set it on fire. Raided an armory and were stopped |
| First National Bank | 1790s, unded by taxes, main repository for federal government. Issued currency |
| Short-staple Cotton | 1790s, Cotton gin invented. Short-staple cotton seeds were extremely laborious to pick out and gin fixed that |
| Jay's Treaty | 1790s, John Jay was sent to Britain to solve a bunch of issues and solved a few. Britain left US forts, ability to settle debt disputes, access to some West Indies markets |
| Levi Dickinson | 1790s, First American to make brooms using broomcorn. Sold hella brooms |
| Election of 1800 | Adams vs. Jefferson. Power was transferred from one political party to another without bloodshed |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1800s, Jefferson’s presidency, Napoleon sold Louisiana territory to USA. Becomes a state after 8 years of temporary statehood |
| Embargo Act | 1800s, Jefferson’s presidency, after the Chesapeake incident where the British stole sailors. No ship can leave a US port without written permission from president |
| Lowell System | 1810s, Francis Lowell opened up a textile mill and hired only women. Temporary work, dormitories, good pay, opportunities, church |
| Missouri Compromise | 1820, Missouri wanted to enter as a slave state, that would unbalance senate. Mass gives up land to create Maine and Missouri becomes a slave state |
| Erie Canal | 1820s, opened in NY. Runs from Hudson River to Lake Erie to Ohio River |
| Walker's Appeal | 1820s, David Walker, Brit, published an appeal to people of color across the world. “Your white slave owner is your enemy by nature. They enslave you by force, free yourself by force.” White slave owners put a bounty on his head |
| Gag Rule | 1830s, Pres John Quincy Adams forbid discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives |
| Oregon Trail | 1830s, A pass through the mountains where settlers could go from Independence, Missouri to Oregon |
| 54-40 or fight | 1840s, Election candidate James Polk’s slogan. Americans could own all of Oregon, including the parts in modern Canada |
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