MAT 240 Unit 3 ID Exam
The 363-mile-long Erie Canal completed in 1825 sparked a race among neighboring states to
surpass New York's achievements. In an effort to compete, some States borrowed a lot of money
to pay for their grandiose canal designs, but they ultimately failed. Numerous farmers from New
England traveled to Erie, resulting in the development of communities like Buffalo, Rochester,
and Syracuse. Dewitt Clinton, the governor of New York, directed the canal's construction,
which significantly decreased travel times and expenses. Additionally, it mimicked the expansion
of the market economy. John Quincy Adams, worried that Spain may attempt to retake its
territories in Latin America, presented an annual speech to Congress in 1823. The Monroe
Doctrine, often known as America's Diplomatic Declaration of Independence, was the name
given to this statement.
Monroe cautioned European countries not to intervene with newly independent republics of
Latin America in order to refrain from taking part in European conflicts. America was a
significant market for British products in 1823. There, British people had a significant role in the
mining, banking, and business industries. Adams, who served as James Monroe's secretary of
state, believed that someday, the US will replace Britain as the world's economic leader. The
lives of five civilized tribes—the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole—were to
be uprooted in 1830 using cash granted by the government. About 60,000 people from the five
tribes lived in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi together. This early
measure from Jackson's administration was known as the Indian Removal Act.
The tribes worked very hard to develop into outstanding republican citizens. With the Cherokee
as a model, people started schools, adopted written laws and constitutions, and turned to farming,
the majority of whom owned slaves. Jefferson frequently referred to the tribes as "Savages" in
his letters to congress and backed the efforts to take Cherokee property and overturn their laws.
Former slave Harriet Tubman, who was born in Maryland in 1820, fled to Philadelphia when she
was around 29 years old. She put her life in danger in her thirties by returning to Maryland
several times to help her relatives and other slaves escape for over ten years. About 75 adults,
children, and infants were saved by Harriet, but the majority of those who made it to the North
did it on their own.
Nat Turner, a Virginia slave preacher and mystic, thought that God had sent him to lead a black
insurrection. He conducted religious services throughout the nation and reported witnessing
black and white angels battling in the skies as the heavens became blood red. He first planned to
start his uprising on July 4, 1831, but he got sick. On August 22, a small group of his followers
went from farm to farm attacking white residents; the majority of the victims were women and
children because the majority of the males were in North Carolina for a religious revival. Eighty
slaves had joined Turner by the time the militia was able to put an end to the uprising, and
roughly sixty white people had died.
