Turning Points in American History (1789-1828)

The cotton gin changed the republic's nature. Many believed the institution of slavery was dying. The gin made the cotton industry incredibly profitable and led to a dramatic expansion of slavery. Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellenm1/4279844655/

The cotton gin changed the republic's nature. Many believed the institution of slavery was dying. The gin made the cotton industry incredibly profitable and led to a dramatic expansion of slavery.
Washington reviews the troops. He mustered the army to quash the Whiskey Rebellion. The rebellion represented the early republic's greatest threat to the Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson's electoral victory was considered revolutionary. It spelled the beginning of the end for the Federalist Party and ushered in sixty years of Democratic rule. Jeffersonians advocated an agrarian nation and resisted modernity.
The Louisiana Purchase dramatically expanded American territory. The purchase protected America from Napoleon's Grand Army and fit into Jeffersonian ideology.
James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine which forbid Europe from interfering in the Western Hemisphere. Although the U.S. was militarily weak, the world understood the British navy would enforce the declaration.
Property qualifications for voters disappeared between 1824 and 1828. The influx of new voters benefited Andrew Jackson. Jackson cultivated his image by appealing to poor and middle class whites. The Jacksonian persuasion dominated politics for decades.
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Turning Points in American History (1789-1828)

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