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spoils system

a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory,

tariff

A tariff is a tax on imports or exports

mudslinging

the use of insults and accusations to damage ones reputation

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848,

Mexican Cession

the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848

Gadsden Purchase

Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed on December 30, 1853

temperance

abstinence from alcoholic drink

abolitionist

a

Underground Railroad

a network of secret routes and safe houses

suffrage

the right to vote in political elections.

telegraph

a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection.

trade unions

A trade union is an organisation made up of members and its membership must be made up mainly of workers.

prejudice

a

discrimination

a

nativists

a

latitude

a

longitude

a

Protestant Reformation

a

Quaker

a

cash crops

a

constitution

a

republic

a

depression

a

federalism

a

cabinet

a

capitalism

a

partisan

a

laissez-faire

a

patent

a

Constitution

a