S. control of the Mississippi River and nearly doubled the size of the nation. 1803.
Abolititionist Movement- Abolitionists sought to end slavery. They were a varied collection of reformers, and often disagreed about how to accomplish their goal. Both white reformers and many free blacks were active abolitionists. 1807.
Development of the Steamboat- This transportation made it easy to move goods upriver, mainly to the Mississippi. This was important because most of the cotton and other such products were grown. 1807.
Protective Tariff of 1816- Congress passed the first protective tariff act in 1816. Protective tariffs were designed to protect America's infant industries from the competition of less expensive foreign imports, thus making the nation's economy more self-sufficient.
Development of Interchangeable Parts- Interchangeable parts make it possible to produce goods quickly because repairs and assembly can be done with previously manufactured, standard parts rather than with costly custom-made ones. This increased the number of weapons that the union could manufacture during the Civil War. 1813.
Hartford Convention- In December 1814, a group of Federalists met in Hartford, Connecticut, to protest the War of 1812 and propose several constitutional amendments, including changes to protect the commercial interests of New England. These antiwar Federalists were discredited when the United States achieved an honorable peace in the Treaty of Ghent that same month. 1814.
Transportation Difference Between the North and the South- The North: Canals, Steamboats, and railroads. The South: Mississippi River. 1815.
Webster, Danies- American statesman, famed for his oratorical skills. Notably the Dartmouth College case in 1819 which established the precedent that no legislature was the right to impair the obligations imposed by a contract and McCulloch v. Maryland in 1819 which denied the right of the states to tax an institution established by the federal government.