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In the late 1830s, John Deere and his competitors improved life for farmers by introducing
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The “singing plow” with a wrought iron moldboard and hardened steel cutting edge.
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By 1840, Cincinnati had become the nation’s center for
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Hog slaughter and pork packing.
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Southerners commonly referred to slavery as their
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“peculiar institution.”
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Industrial employers of the early 1800s commonly approached workers in a spirit of
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Protective paternalism
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In 1834 and 1836, Lowell textile mills witnessed
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Employee strikes protesting against wage cuts and fee increases.
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The phrase “Manifest Destiny” reflected a belief that
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The US was headed for greatness, with a right to expand across the continent
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After Anglo-American rebels declared in independence and defeated Santa Anna in 1836
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Jackson balked at annexing Texas, due to slavery issues and fear of war with Mexico
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The Wilmot Proviso, proposed in 1846 by Representative David Wilmot, stipulated that
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Slavery should be banned in any territory the US might acquire from Mexico
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In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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The US paid Mexico $15 million in return for New Mexico, California, and agreement on a Texas boundary at the Rio Grande.
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As originally suggested in the Omnibus Bill of 1850, compromise proposals included all of the following except
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Admitting New Mexico as a slave state
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