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History study guide
vocab 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| American System | Plan in the early 1800s designed to make the United States stronger and more independent. |
| Henry Clay | Helped make the American system and made roads, banks, and taxes. |
| Era of Good Feelings | Era where everyone was happy and not fighting about politics. |
| The Panic | People lost money due to the economy crashing with the banks running out of money |
| Migration | Many Millions of people are moving to new places like the West or America to live. 🏃♂️ |
| Molly Maguires | A secret group of Irish workers in the 1800s who fought back, sometimes violently, against unfair work conditions in mines. |
| Tammany Hall | A political group in New York that gave jobs and favors to win votes. |
| Nativism | Belief that native-born Americans are better than immigrants. |
| Commonwealth v. Hunt | A court case that allowed workers to form unions and ask for better pay, hours, and working conditions. |
| Factory Girls | Female Folks who worked in factories |
| Cult of Domesticity | Cleaning and Cooking at home was what people thought women should do. |
| Cotton Gin | Clever Contraption that pulls seeds out of cotton very fast. ☁️ |
| Patent Office | Protects your invetions idea being stolen |
| Limited Liability | A rule where you only lose money you invest in |
| Reaper | A machine that cuts crops faster than by hand. |
| Market Revolution | A time when people started to buy and sell goods and use markets instead of making everything themselfs. |
| Industrial Revolution | A time when machines started doing work instead of hand tools. |
| Turnpikes | Roads people had to pay to use. |
| Canals | Man-made waterways built to help boats and goods travel more easily |
| Steamboats | Boats powered by steam engines that traveled on rivers and lakes, making transportation faster and easier in the 1800s. |
| Clipper Ships | Fast sailing ships from the 1800s built for speed, used to quickly carry goods and passengers over long ocean distances. |
| Pony Express | A fast mail delivery system that used riders on horseback to carry letters across the United States in the early 1860s. |
| Transportation Revolution | A time when traveling was easier with horses and boats |