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Unit 4 Major events

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    A machine created by Eli Whitney, which could separate cotton from its seed. Made cotton profitable in the South.
  • Louisiana purchase

    Louisiana purchase
    doubled sized of U.S. Opened land for expansion. Transition from strict to loose
  • Steam boat

    Steam boat
    Boat that had a powerful steam engine. Enable boats to travel upstream from rivers
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    War between U.S and Great Britain over impressment of American sailors by British
  • Erie canal

    Erie canal
    This was opened as a toll waterway connecting New York to the Great Lakes.This helped connect the Northern cities to the agrarian West. The transportation of food from the midwest farms especially allowed for the growth of New York.
  • Market Revolution

    Market Revolution
    Drastic change in transportation, communication, and production of goods
  • Missouri Comprise

    Missouri Comprise
    Compromise by Henry Clay. Missouri is divided as slave state. Maine added as free state