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30 Cards in this Set
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mass production
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producing goods in large amounts
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interchangeable parts
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standardized parts that can be used in place of one another
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Tariff of 1816
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a protective tariff on imported goods; it increased the cost of foreign goods
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Spain gave up Florida to the U.S. and let go of claims it had in the Oregon Territory
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Missouri Compromise
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it kept the balance of power between the slave states and free states; the Louisiana Territory was divided into two interests: one for slave holders and one for free settlers. Slavery was banned from the Louisiana Territory at 36 30 north latitude. South of the line slavery was legal, north of the line, slavery was not legal.
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Trail of Tears
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an 800 mile trip which relocated the Cherokee nation from Georgia to the West
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Eli Whitney
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inventor of the cotton gin; a machine that cleans the cotton seeds
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National Road
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building highways to improve transportation
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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ensures that the federal government has power to regulate goods and services across state lines
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Jim Beckwourth
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mountain man, a pioneer who lived in the Rocky Mountains, discovered passage in Sierra Nevada range
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Monroe Doctrine
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President Monroe gives a statement that told European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere. He promised the U.S. would stay out of European affairs as well.
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John Quincy Adams
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Secretary of State, strong belief in nationalism, worked for the security of the nation and expansion of America's territory, President number 6
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Sequoya
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created an alphabet for the Cherokee nation
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Democratic-Republican Party
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new political power that was formed in reaction to the Republican Party; today's Democratic Party
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spoils system
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when a government official gives government jobs to his friends
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Indian Removal Act
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the federal government gave money to negotiate treaties that would force the Native Americans to move west
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Worcester v. Georgia
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the court recognized the Cherokee Nation as a political community that could not be regulated by Georgia law and Georgia could not invade their lands
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William Henry Harrison
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Whig candidate who ran against Van Buren for President and won,; old war hero, man of the people, died after one month in office
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Martin Van Buren
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became president after Jackson, inherited his problems with bank and money policies
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Bank of the United States (BUS)
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national bank; many regarded it as an agent of the wealthy
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Nicholas Biddle
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president of the national bank, demanded repayment of loans by privately owned businesses; refuses to make new loans, forces businesses into bankruptcy
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Panic of 1837
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bank closings and the collapse of the credit system; many people lose their savings; businesses go bankrupt
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Daniel Webster
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argues against nullification (the right of a state to reject a federal law they considered unconstitutional), great speaker, Senator, debates against Hayne
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Tariff of Abominations
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Congress passed a bill that raised the tariffs on raw materials and manufactured goods. Southerners were very angry. They had to sell their cotton at low prices but they had to pay high prices for manufactured goods.
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John Marshall
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he was the Supreme Court Chief Justice, he guided the Supreme Court to decisions that increased the power of the federal government
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Andrew Jackson
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President after Adams, he thought of himself as a man of the people, he practiced the spoils system. He supported the policy of moving Native Americans west. He did not want a national bank.
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John Tyler
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Harrison's vice-president and successor, opposed Whig program for economic recovery, he was put on the ballot with Harrison to pick up Southern votes
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John C. Calhoun
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Secretary of War, nullification theory (state has the right to reject a federal law that it thinks is unconstitutional)
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pet banks
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President had government funds deposited in state banks. Jackson was against having a national bank.
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Erie Canal
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363 mile long "Big Ditch"; links the Hudson River and the Great Lakes
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