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49 Cards in this Set
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Tariff of 1816
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postwar tax to protect American manufacturing
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Bonus Bill veto
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Calhoun’s bill to fund road construction, Madison vetoed
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Monroe Doctrine
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US foreign policy statement ending European colonization an America
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Era of good feelings
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postwar period marked by a lack of political strife
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Chief Justice John Marshall
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Federalist Judge for increased power of federal government
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Missouri Compromise
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MO and ME added as states, boundary set for future slave states
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Clay’s American System
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proposed policy to end imports and exports
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Eli Whitney
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inventor of cotton gin and interchangeable assembly parts
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Daniel Webster
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Massachusetts Senator, leading spokesman for the North
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National Road
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federally funded public road through Cumberland Pass
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Internal improvements
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economic infrastructure, i.e. roads, canals
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“corrupt bargain”
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term used to describe political deals made in the 1824 election
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Tariff of Abominations
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tariff of 1828 providing extremely high rates of protection
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South Carolina Exposition
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states’ rights opposition to the tariff of 1828
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Jacksonian Democracy
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change in politics and social movement associated with Jackson’s election
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Age of the common man
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increase in political power and economic rights
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Spoils system
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political practice of rewarding supporters with government appointments
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National Republicans
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opponents of Jacksonian Democrats, aka Whigs
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Caucus
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exclusive party meeting used to nominate candidates
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Trail of Tears
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forced removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia
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Bank Recharter Bill
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attempt by Jackson’s opponents to make the Bank an election issue
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Force Bill
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Jacksonian threat to force states to pay the tariff with military
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Panic of 1837
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economic decline caused by lack of money supply
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Transcendentalism
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belief in a spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical realized through intuitive awareness of the individual- Thoreau, Emerson
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Hudson River school
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art school characterized by landscapes and nationalism
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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French political observer of American Democracy
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Utopian societies
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religious and philosophical groups forming ideal communities
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Dorothea Dix
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social reformer, humane treatment of the insane
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Horace Mann
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social reformer, public education
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American Temperance Union
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social reformers advocating less alcoholism
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Nativism
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belief in limiting immigration, distrust of new immigrants
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Lucretia Mott
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social reformer, women’s rights
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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social reformer, women’s rights
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Seneca Falls Convention
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women’s rights gathering in 1848
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Great American Desert
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description of the American West
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Manifest Destiny
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belief in inevitable spread of US to the West
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Stephen Austin
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American advocate of Texas independence
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Santa Ana
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leader of Mexican government and military
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Alamo
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famous battle of the Texas War for Independence
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San Jacinto
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Texas victory claiming revenge for Alamo
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Republic of Texas
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1836-1845 Texas was an independent country
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54 40 or fight
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Polk’s campaign slogan advocating expansion
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James K. Polk
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one term expansionist President
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Spot resolutions
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Congressional arguments aimed at stopping war with Mexico
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Mexican Cession
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surrender of large portion of land to the US following war
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Willamette Valley
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highly prized land in Oregon territory
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Wilmot Proviso
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House bill aimed at prohibiting slavery in new territories
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Gadsden Purchase
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US bought railroad route from Mexico after the war
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Hegemony
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predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another
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