The United States (1800-1850)

social changes
1. women rights
2. slavery
  1. The North and South had different views on slavery.
3. large numbers of people attended gatherings where political canidates, pleaders of special causes, and speeches from famouse lawyers and members of the clergy.
4. developments in printing spread art and information to more people than ever before.
political changes
1. the election of 1824 led to renewed political fricton in the U.S.
2. Era of Jackson
  1. known as the "common man"
    1. jackson believed that the Bank of the US favored the wealthy. shut down the bank for good.
  2. tariffs and nullification crisis
economic changes
1. moving westward
  1. enabled the United States to become the world's leading agricultural nation.
2. American System
  1. new forms of trandportation such as the railroad, created a quicker way to export goods.
3. manifest destiny
4. louisianna purshase
5. industrial revolution
  1. techniques and machines advanced the output of America's farms.
6. the Panic of 1837 crippled the American economy. other panics throughout time had a huge impact on the U.S.
reform era
1. no colleges for women. couldn't own property. legally belonged to their husbands.
2. most schools in the U.S were private schools. reformers began demanding education and better schools for all American children. state schools were established.
3. the abolition movement: demanded an end to slavery. every Northern state outlawed slavery.
4. the missouri compromise: provided that slavery be "forever prohibited" in all the territory gained from the Louisiana purchase.
5. thousands of people attended revivals. deticating their lives to God and creating the idea of good morals.

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