Kentucky and Virginia Resolves-In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolves. They argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and that each state had a right to declare them null and void. 1788-1789

Samuel Slater- Slater was an English immigrant who, in 1790, set up the first factory in the United States. It was a textile factory in Rhode Island. He is sometimes called the "father of the the American factory system." 1790

Eli Whitney- Whitney, a skilled and prolific inventor, invented the cotton gin in 1793. It almost immediately transformed southern agriculture and revitalized slavery. Whitney also was successful in manufacturing rifles for the government by employing the idea of interchangeable parts. 1793

Development of the Cotton Gin- Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. The device efficiently separated upland cotton fiber from its stic

Annexation of Texas- The Mexican War, by which the United States made good its annexation of Texas and acquired New Mexico, Arizona, California, and several of the present Rocky Mountain states, led to a new crisis. Antislavery forces demanded that slavery be excluded from any lands ceded by Mexico. Slaveholders pressed for their share of the new territories and for other safeguards to protect slavery. For a time the country seemed to be headed for civil war. 1845

Political Nationalism- Nationalism is characterized principally by a feeling of community among a people, based on common descent, language, and religion. 1800’s

Bleeding Kansas- The contest between pro and antislavery settlers for control of Kansas Territory provoked violence and bloodshed in 1855. For partisan reasons, President Pierce's administration failed to peacefully implement popular sovereignty in "Bleeding Kansas." 1855

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