The practice of farming not for the market, but for the fulfillment of the needs of one's household alone.

This conflict pitted colonists against an empire and undermined the mercantilist political economy of that empire.

Daniel Ott argues that this company sought to present itself as a fellow producer, and even fellow capitalist, to the farmers that purchased its products

This party was in power in the North during the American Civil War. In fact, its rise to power was perhaps the most immediate catalyst of the conflict.

The Election of Abraham Lincoln

This crop was "king" in the antebellum South.

The election of this man to the presidency in 1800 was dubbed a "revolution" by the Democratic-Republicans.

Robert Lee writes about this "price." Was the price higher or lower than historians had previously thought?

This party emerged in opposition to Andrew Jackson, and championed such publically funded "internal improvements" as the building of roads and canals.

The Louisiana Purchase of Indian Country

If you were a farmer in Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Iowa in the 1890s, there is a good chance any crops you sold would pass through this gateway city between the East and West

The mechanization of textile manufacturing and the growth of the population of Manchester were both aspects of this revolution.

Carolyn Cooper argues that Thomas Blanchard participated in this practice as a central part of his business and invention

This party emerged out of a union between former members of the Liberty Party who sought the abolition of slavery, and members of the National Reform Association, who sought to secure access to Western land for common Northerners.

The U.S. outlaws the international slave trade

These people set up shop on land that they did not formally own on the frontier.

These European conflicts were shaped by the same issues of nationalism and democracy which informed the American Civil in a later decade.

Sydney Mintz argues that the production and consumption of this commodity was an incredibly important aspect of the development of mercantilism, international trade, and the capitalism in the 18th century.

This party debated the strategy of "fusion" in the 1890s, eventually teaming up with Democrat William Jennings Bryan in 1896 and 1900.

The Union Army withdraws from its occupation of the South

In the first half of the nineteenth century, it became increasing common for farmers to purchase land under this financial arrangement, which mandated regular payments to the bank.

During the American Civil War, this side of the conflict presented themselves first as the keepers of order in North America in the first half of the war, and then as a revolutionary force in the second half of the war.

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of this, according to Karl Marx.

This party emerged in New York City in the late 1820s and was formed by journeymen artisan concerned about the direction their craft was headed in.

The US census begins to keep track of firms that make a certain amount of cash profit, rather than a certain amount of material goods