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The time of the 1800's was a time for new beginnings and a great variety of changes to many aspects of life and government. while many changes were currently being adapted to, many changes were coming.

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The cotton gin is a machine that cleans cotton by removing all the seeds, and it was invented by Eli Whitney. this machine revolutionized the industry, leading cotton to become the nation's #1 cash crop, before this people were expecting slavery to die out in the South but this made the demand skyrocket.

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Rise Of The Abolitionist Movement (early 1800's)

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Rise Of The Abolitionist Movement (early 1800's)

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This movement had a gradual start but picked up very quickly, thanks to the 2nd great awakening, because the religious people were saying how slavery was immoral. also, people were saying how it went against the basics of the Constitution. As the movement got bigger people who supported slavery started attacking people who were giving speeches and writing newspapers, Fredrick Douglas was one of the most listened to people during this movement.

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The 2nd great awakening was people going around spreading Christianity to "revive" the religion, priests, and other holy people went around spreading the gospel and turning people over to Christianity.

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The Louisiana Purchase allowed a gateway to the unexplored parts of the newly developed United States, through this purchase we gained vast amounts of land + resources.

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Lewis and Clark were on an expedition ordered by Thomas Jefferson to explore the New West and to find a river route to the Pacific Ocean, along the way they found a native American girl named Sacagawea, who helped them with routes and wildlife

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Mass Production is the making of goods at a large scale in factories, while these ideas were being used people kept making new machines, making manufacturing and gathering much more efficient. the factory system made by Francis Cabot Lowell allowed for machines to replace lots of human labor.

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Most canals were 2 or 3 miles long but the eerie canal is 363. this canal is significant because this allowed goods to travel from New York directly to the midwest by river into the Great Lakes. this canal allowed NYC to become the greatest city in the United States.

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These increased voting rights did not increase by much, the only change in our favor was that in order to vote you now did not need to own property, this still doesn't allow people of color or women.

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The rise of the democratic party started with a change in voting, instead of saying your vote out loud, a lot of states started switching to more secretive ballot votes. this allowed Jackson to win an election with a Major victory after his previous loss.

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Indian Removal Act & Trails of Tears 1830

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Indian Removal Act & Trails of Tears 1830

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the Indian Removal Act was a law passed by Congress that stated that any tribe that lived east of the Mississippi would be moved to an area west of it, now Oklahoma. while most tribes agreed, some took action, like court action and even some took armed. The Trail of Tears is known by that name because 17,000 of the Cherokee Indians were forced out of their land and forced to walk to their new land, 4,000 died from hunger, disease, and winter weather.

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Manifest destiny was the idea that the United States was destined to expand across America. this idea led to more land for the United States and even Spain ceded Florida to the United States, and the USA got Texas from Mexico.

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The Seneca Falls convention was a gathering held in Seneca New York, where women went and gathered to say the declaration of sentiments. this statement was how women wanted to be included in all the rights of the constitution and listed acts of tyranny against women committed by men.