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30 Cards in this Set
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Eli Whitney
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demonstrated the first musket in 1801.
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Interchangeable parts
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parts that are exactly alike.
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Mass production
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the productions of goods in large quantities possible.
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Industrial Revolution
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social and economic reorganization that took place as machines replaced hand tools and large-scale factory production developed.
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Cotton gin
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a machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793.
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Henry Clay
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a critical house speaker.
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American system
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a set of measures designed before the Civil War to unify the nation and strengthen its economy by means of protective tariffs, a national bank, and such internal improvements as the development of a transportation system.
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National road
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a federally funded road that began in 1811 and it extended from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois in 1838.
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Erie Canal
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a 363 mile long artificial waterway connecting with the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
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Tariff of 1816
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a protective tariff designed to aid American industries.
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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strengthened the federal government’s control over the economy.
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John Quincy Adams
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established foreign policy guided by nationalism.
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Nationalism
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the belief that national interests should be placed ahead of regional concerns or the interests of other countries.
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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an 1819 agreement in which Spain gave over control of the territory of Florida to the United States.
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Monroe Doctrine
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a policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by President Monroe in 1823.
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Missouri Compromise
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a series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
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Andrew Jackson
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James Monroe’s chief political opponent.
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Democratic-Republican Party
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political party known for its support of strong state governments, found by Thomas Jefferson in 1792 in opposition to the Federal Party.
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Spoils system
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the practice of winning candidates’ rewarding their supporters with government jobs.
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Indian-Removal Act
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a law, enacted in 1830, that forced Native American peoples east of the Mississippi to move to lands in the West.
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Trail of Tears
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the marches in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory in 1838 – 1840, with thousands of the Cherokee dying on the way.
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Daniel Webster
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rose in the Senate and delivered one of the great speeches of American history.
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John C. Calhoun
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Jackson’s vice president of South Carolina and called for the Tariff of Abominations.
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Tariff of Abominations
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a “disgusting and loathsome” tariff and an increase that seemed to Southerners to be enriching the North at their expense.
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Bank of the United States
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either of the two national banks, funded by the federal government and private investors, established by Congress, the first in 1791 and the second in 1816.
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Martin Van Burren
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when Jackson announced that he would not run for a third term, the Democrats chose him as Vice-President as their candidate.
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William Henry Harrison
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ran for reelection against Van Burren.
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John Tyler
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Harrison’s vice-president and successor, opposed many parts of the Whig program for economic recovery.
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Panic of 1837
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bank closings and the collapse of the credit system cost many people their savings, bankrupted hundreds of businesses, and put more than a third of the population out of work.
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Whig Party
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the political party formed in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson.
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