U.S. History Top 100

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U.S. History Top 100

• What every student should know to pass the U.S.
  History EOC.
• Goal 2

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Goal 2 Expansion and Reform (1801-1850)

• The learner will assess the competing forces of
  expansionism, nationalism, and sectionalism.

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Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin

• 1798 - The cotton gin was a machine which could
  separate cotton from its seeds. Whitneys
  invention made cotton a profitable crop. It also
  reinforced slavery in the economy of the South.

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Missouri Compromise, 1820

• Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a
  free state. Declared that all territory north of
  3630" would become free states, and all
  territory south of that latitude would become
  slave states.

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Monroe Doctrine, 1823

• Declared that Europe should not interfere in the
  Western Hemisphere and any interference by a
  European power would be seen as a threat to the
  U.S.
• Mostly just a show of nationalism, the doctrine
  had no major impact until the late 1800s.

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Tariff of Abominations

• Tariff of 1828 raised the tariff on imported
  manufactured goods. It protected the North but
  harmed the South South said that the tariff was
  unconstitutional because it violated state's
  rights.

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Indian Removal, 1838-1839

• During the winter, troops evicted the Cherokee
  tribe from their homes in Georgia and moved them
  to Oklahoma. Many died on the trail. The journey
  became known as the "Trail of Tears".

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Hudson River School of Art

• In the 1820s, a group of American painters,
  painted landscapes.

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Nativism

• An anti-foreign feeling that arose in the 1840's
  and 1850's in response to the influx of Irish and
  German Catholics.

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Womens Reform Movement

• In the 1800's, women were not allowed to be
  involved in politics or own property, had little
  legal status and rarely held jobs.
• The women's movement was often overshadowed by
  the anti-slavery movement. Men who had been
  working with the women's movement worked for the
  abolition of slavery once it became a major
  issue.

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Henry Clay

• Clay helped heal the North/South rift by aiding
  passage of the Compromise of 1850, which served
  to delay the Civil War.