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ANDREW JACKSON
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6TH PRESIDENT 1829-1837 WHO FOUGHT NULLIFICATION, NATIONAL BANK, AND INDIANS
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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OLD JEFFERSONIAN PARTY OF DEMOCRAT-REPUBLICANS, KNOWN AS DEMOCRATS UNDER JACKSON AND THEREAFTER
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HENRY CLAY
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WHIG LEADER AND SECTIONAL COMPROMISER IN AGE OF JACKSON
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WHIGS
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NEW PARTY OF 1830'S WHICH SUPPORTED ECONOMIC NATIONALISM AND OPPOSED JACKSON
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POLL TAXES
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FEE PAID IN ORDER TO VOTE
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PARTY CAUCUS
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SMALL GROUP OF ELITE LEADERS WHO CHOOSE PARTY NOMINEES FOR OFFICE
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PARTY CONVENTION
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LARGE ASSEMBLAGE OF PARTY GRASSROOTS WHICH CHOOSES PARTY NOMINEES FOR OFFICE
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT (1825-1829)WHO WON CONTESTED ELECTION OF 1824
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JOHN CALHOUN
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SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRAT WHOSE NULLIFICATION OF 1828 TARIFF WAS OPPOSED BY JACKSON
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AMERICAN SYSTEM
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CLAY'S PROPOSAL THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE THE STIMULUS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, COMPOSED OF TARIFF, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND NATIONAL BANK
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ECONOMIC NATIONALISM
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WHIG IDEA THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH COULD BEST BE PROMOTED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES LIKE TARIFF, NATIONAL BANK, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
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PANIC OF 1819
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CRASH CAUSED BY COLLAPSE OF LAND BOOM, HELPED CAUSE END OF ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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ELECTION OF 1824
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CONTESTED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DECIDED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,WON BY ADAMS, LOST BY JACKSON, ENDED ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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CORRUPT BARGAIN
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WHAT JACKSON SUPPORTERS CALLED CLAY'S SUPPORT OF ADAMS IN 1824 ELECTION, AFTER CLAY APPOINTED SEC. OF STATE
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MARTIN VAN BUREN
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DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT 1837-1841, VP UNDER JACKSON
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SPOILS SYSTEM
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SYSTEM IN WHICH WINNING PARTY REWARDS ITS MEMBERS WITH OFFICES, JACKSON CRITICIZED AS ITS MAJOR PRACTITIONER
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MAYSVILLE ROAD VETO
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JACKSON'S VETO OF FEDERAL PROPOSAL TO BUILD ROAD IN KY, SAID IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR FEDS TO FUND A ROAD WHOLLY IN ONE STATE
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TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS
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1828 PROTECTIONIST TARIFF ON IMPORTED GOODS THAT HURT SOUTHERN ECONOMY, PROVOKED SC NULLIFICATION MOVEMENT
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REVENUE TARIFF
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TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS WOSE PURPOSE IS TO RAISE REVENUE
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PROTECTIONIST TARIFF
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TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS WHOSE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY RATHER THAN TO RAISE REVENUE
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SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION AND PROTEST
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1828 MANIFESTO BY CALHOUN ARGUING THAT TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND THEREFORE NULLIFIED
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OLIVE BRANCH AND SWORD
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JACKSON'S DUAL APPROACH TO NULLIFICATION MOVEMENTS: A COMPROMISE TARIFF BUT ALSO A THREAT TO USE THE FORCE BILL
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COMPROMISE TARIFF
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CLAY'S COMPROMISE TO END NULLIFICATION CRISIS: REDUCED TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS TO A REVENUE TARIFF; THE 'OLIVE BRANCH'
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FORCE BILL
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JACKSON'S AUTHORIZATION FROM CONGRESS TO USE FORCE TO ENFORCE TARIFF, THE 'SWORD'
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3RD BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
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NATIONAL BANK WHOSE CHARTER WAS OPPOSED BY JACKSON
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SPECIE
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HARD CURRENCY (GOLD, SILVER)
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HARD CURRENCY
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GOLD OR SILVER CURRENCY, SPECIE
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PAPER CURRENCY
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CURRENCY BACKED BY A SINGLE PERSON OR INSTITUTION WHICH PROMISES TO REDEEM IT FOR SPECIE
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NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
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DEMOCRAT-REPUBLICANS OF 1820'S WHO ADHERED MOST STRONGLY TO CLAY'S AMERICAN SYSTEM
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PET BANKS
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STATE BANKS CHOSEN BY JACKSON TO RECEIVE FEDERAL DEPOSITS IN ORDER TO DESTROY NATIONAL BANK
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LOCOFOCOS
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1830'S WORKING CLASS FACTION OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY, MOSTLY IN NY, WHO SUPPORTED JACKSON AND WANTED MORE CIRCULATION OF SPECIE
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PANIC OF 1837
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DEPRESSION CAUSED IN PART BY JACKSON'S DEPOSIT OF FEDERAL FUNDS INTO LESS STABLE PET BANKS,ALSO BY SPECIE CIRCULAR
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SPECIE CIRCULAR
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1836 JACKSON POLICY OF REQUIRING PAYMENT OF SPECIE FOR PURCHASE OF FEDERAL LAND
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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
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FIRST WHIG PRESIDENT (1841)
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1820'S & 1830'S
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GENERAL DATE OF DEMOCRATIZATION IN AMERICA
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1832-3
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DATE OF NULLIFICATION CRISIS
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1830'S
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DATE OF RISE OF 2ND PART SYSTEM
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1833
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DATE OF BANK CONTROVERSY
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GREAT PLAINS
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HUGE EXPANSE OF PRAIRIE COVERING THE MID-US BETWEEN MISSISSIPPI AND ROCKIES
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FAR WEST, IN 1840'S
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AREA WEST OF ROCKIES
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TRANSCONTINENTAL TREATY
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TREATY WITH SPAIN THAT CEDED FLORIDA AND ESTABLISHED BOUNDARY WITH MEXICO, AKA ADAMS-ONIS
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ADAMS-ONIS TREATY
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TREATY WITH SPAIN THAT CEDED FLORIDA AND ESTABLISHED BOUNDARY WITH MEXICO, AKA TRASNCONTINENTAL TREATY
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MEXICAN REVOLUTION
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1821 REVOLUTION THAT ESTABLISHED MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN
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OVERLAND TRAILS
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PIONEER TRAILS WEST
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EMPRESARIOS
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LEADERS OF AMERICAN SETTLERS IN MEXICAN TEXAS IN 1820'S
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STEPHEN AUSTIN
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EMPRESARIO WHO LED AMERICAN SETTLERS INTO MEXICAN TEXAS IN 1820'S
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SANTA ANNA
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MEXICAN GENERAL AND PRESIDENT WHO FOUGHT AMERICANS IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION AND MEXICAN WAR
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TEXAS REVOLUTION
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1836 REBELLION OF AMERICAN SETTLERS IN TEXAS AGAINST THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT OF SANTA ANNA
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THE ALAMO
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SAN ANTONIO MISSION THAT WAS THE SITE OF A MASSACRE OF AMERICANS BY MEXICANS EARLY IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION
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GOLIAD
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1836 MASSACRE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR BY MEXICANS
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SAM HOUSTON
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LEADER OF TEXANS IN TEXAS REVOLUTION, FIRST PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
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SAN JACINTO
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1836 AMERICAN MILITARY VICTORY IN TEXAS REVOLUTION
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JOHN TYLER
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US PRESIDENT ELECTED AS VP ON WHIG TICKET WITH HARRISON, AS PRESIDENT AFTER HARRISON'S DEATH, VETOES WHOLE WHIG PROGRAM
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WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY
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1842 TREATY WITH BRITAIN THAT ESTABLISHED MAINE-CANADA BORDER, JOINT USE OF GREAT LAKES
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JAMES K. POLK
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EXPANSIONIST PRESIDENT WHO ANNEXED TEXAS AND LED US THRU MEXICAN WAR
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DARK HORSE
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PARTY NOMINEE WHO NEITHER RAN NOR WAS EXPECTED TO WIN NOMINATION (USUALLY RESULT OF DEADLOCK)
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MANIFEST DESTINY
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NATIONALISM EXPECTATION OF 1830'S & 1840'S THAT AMERICA WOULD EVENTUALLY EXPAND TO THE PACIFIC
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MEXICAN WAR
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1846-8 WAR WITH MEXICO OVER TEXAS BORDER
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RIO GRANDE
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RIVER THAT AMERICA MAINTAINED WAS THE BORDER WITH MEXICO, FOUGHT MEXICAN WAR TO SECURE THAT BORDER
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NEUCES RIVER
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RIVER THAT MEXICO SAID BORDERED TEXAS WITH MEXICO,FOUGHT MEXICAN WAR TO SECURE THAT BORDER
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ZACHARY TAYLOR
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AM. GENERAL SENT BY POLK TO CROSS RIO GRANDE AND PROVOKE MEXICAN WAR
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SLIDELL MISSION
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FUTILE 1845 MISSION TO RESOLVE TEXAS/MEXICAN DISPUTE OVER RIO GRANDE BORDER
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1836
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DATE OF TEXAS REVOLUTION
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1845
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DATE OF TEXAS ANNEXATION
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1846-8
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DATE OF MEXICAN WAE
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1848
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DATE OF TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
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TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
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1848 TREATY THAT ENDED MEXICAN WAR
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MEXICAN CESSION
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REGION CEDED BY MEXICO BY TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO, RUNS FROM TEXAS AT RIO GRANDE TO CALIFORNIA
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2ND GREAT AWAKENING
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RELIGIOUS REVIVAL MOVEMENT OF 1ST THIRD OF 19TH CENTURY
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BURNED OVER DISTRICT
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HEAVILY EVANGELIZED DISTRICT OF WESTERN NY STATE DURING 2ND GREAT AWAKENING
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GREAT KENTUCKY REVIVAL
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SERIES OF SOUTHERN CAMP MEETINGS DURING 2ND GREAT AWAKENING, WHEN PEOPLE JERKED AND GRUNTED A LOT
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UNITARIANS
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UPPER CLASS CHRISTIANS WHO CRITICIZED REVIVALS AS UNCOUTH AND THOUGHT JESUS WAS NOT QUITE DIVINE
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SHAKERS
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ANTI-MATERIALIST AND ANTI-SEX CHRISTIAN SECT WHO MADE GREAT FURNITURE
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MORMONS
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ONLY INDIGENOUS AMERICAN CHRISTIAN SECT, FOUNDED BY JOSEPH SMITH, LATER SETTLED UTAH, AKA LATTER DAY SAINTS
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LATTER DAY SAINTS
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ONLY INDIGENOUS AMERICAN CHRISTIAN SECT, FOUNDED BY JOSEPH SMITH, LATER SETTLED UTAH, AKA MORMONS
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JOSEPH SMITH
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MORMON FOUNDER WHO SAID HE'D DISCOVERED NEW REVELATION, THAT ANCIENT HEBREW PROPHET, AND JESUS HIMSELF, CAME TO AMERICA
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BOOK OF MORMON
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MORMON BOOK OF REVELATIONS, TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH SMITH
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POLYGYNY
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BELIEF THAT MALES CAN HAVE MULTIPLE WIVES, PRACTICED BY ORIGINAL MORMONS
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TEMPERANCE
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ABSTINENCE FROM OR MODERATION WITH ALCOHOL
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HORACE MANN
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EDUCATIONAL REFORMER OF 1830'S WHO SOUGHT TO STANDARDIZE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL TEXTBOOKS & PRACTICES
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ASSIMILATIONIST
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BELIEVER THAT EDUCATION CAN PROVIDE SEPARATE CULTURES WITH COMMON VALUES THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES
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ABOLITIONIST
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ONE WHO OPPOSED SLAVERY IN ANY FORM IN ANY PLACE
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WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
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MOST PROMINENT ABOLITTIONIST OF PRE-CIVIL WAR PERIOD, EDITOR OF ABOLITIONIST RAG, THE LIBERATOR
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LIBERATOR
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ABOLITIONIST JOURNAL EDITED BY WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
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SOJOURNER TRUTH
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FREED SLAVE, ABOLITIONIST, AND WOMENS' RIGHTS ACTIVIST OF PRE-CIVIL WAR PERIOD
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GRIMKE SISTERS
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EARLY ADVOCATES OF ABOLITION AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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ESCAPED SLAVE WHO WAS A PROMINENT ABOLITIONIST
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GAG RULE
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1830'S TACTIC OF SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN TO PRECLUDE DICUSSION OF ABOLITION
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LUCRETIA MOTT
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WOMEN'S RIGHT ACTIVIST WHO CO-ORGANIZED SENECA FALLS CONVENTION WITH ELZABETH CADY STANTON
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ELZABETH CADY STANTON
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WOMEN'S RIGHT ACTIVIST WHO CO-ORGANIZED SENECA FALLS CONVENTION, WITH LUCRETIA MOTT
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SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
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1848 MEETING OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS FIGURES TO DISCUSS SUFFRAGE, ETC
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JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
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NEW YORK NOVELIST WHO WAS FIRST TO INTRODUCE DISTINCTLY AMERICAN CHARACTERS, WROTE DEERSLAYERS, LAST OF THE MOHICANS, ETC
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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TRANSCENDENTALIST AND PRE-EMINENT 1830'S SPOKESMAN FOR LITERARY NATIONALISM
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LITERARY NATIONALISM
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1830'S MOVEMENT, LED BY EMERSON ETAL THAT PRODUCED DISTINCTLY AMERICAN THEMES, PLOTS, AND CHARACTERS
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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TRANSCENDENTALIST AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST WHO WROTE WALDEN AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, AND WENT TO JAIL TO OPPOSE MEXICAN WAR
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MARGARET FULLER
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TRANSCENDENTALIST AND WOMEN'S RIGHT ACTIVIST
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WALT WHITMAN
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AMERICAN POET, AUTHOR OF LEAVES OF GRASS
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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NEW ENGLAND NOVELIST, AUTHOR OF SCARLET LATTER, HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES
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HERMAN MELVILLE
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NEW ENGLAND NOVELIST, AUTHOR OF TYPEE, MOBY DICK, BILLY BUDD
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HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
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MID-19TH CENTURY ROMANTIC ART MOVEMENT WHO PAINTED DISTINCTLY AMERICAN LANDCAPES
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THOMAS COLE
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PAINTER IN HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
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FREDERICK LAW OLMSTEAD
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AMERICAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, DESIGNED NY'S CENTRAL PARK
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GEORGE CATLIN
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19TH CENTURY AMERICAN PAINTER OF INDIAN THEMES
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CLASSICISM
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18TH CENTURY VIEW THAT STANDARDS OF ART & LITERATURE WERE TIMELESS, THAT ARTISTS SHOULD ADHERE TO THEM
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ROMANTICISM
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19TH CENTURY VIEW THAT ART & LITERATURE SHOULD BE EMOTIONALLY-CHARGED, A REFLECTION NOT OF ETERNAL STANDARDS BUT OF CREATOR'S FEELINGS
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TRANSCENDENTALISM
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AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT THAT PROPOSED THAT ONE'S SPIRITUAL IDEALS COULD 'TRANSCEND' PHYSICAL/POLITICAL
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1790'S TO 1830'S
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DATE OF SECOND GREAT AWAKENING
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1848
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DATE OF SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
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