Period 4: 1800-1848 (jan 5, 1800 – jan 1, 1848)
Description:
A period of US expansion and internal threats to stability.Main concepts:
- Evolution of political parties
- Westward expansion
- Growing sectionalism and tensions over the expansion of slavery
- Growth of the abolitionist and women’s rights movements
- Industrial Revolution and the growth of railroads
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Date:
jan 5, 1800
jan 1, 1848
~ 48 years