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25 Cards in this Set
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National Road |
Country's only route which was funded by the federal government |
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Erie Canal |
Best-known canal of the era that was completed in 1825 |
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Industrial Revolution |
Developments in technology also transformed manufacturing. It also had economic, cultural, social and political impacts. |
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Francis Cabot Lowell |
Built the first mill that included all aspects of manufacturing cloth |
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Lowell Girls |
Employed young, single women who lived in boardinghouses and followed strict rules of behavior while working in the factory |
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Interchangeable Parts |
Identical components that could be used in place of one another |
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Samuel F.B. Morse |
Invented the electric telegraph and the system of communication used to communicate was named after him |
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Tariff of 1816 |
A tariff on imports designed to protect American industry |
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Nativists |
Politicians who campaigned for laws to discourage immigration or to deny political rights to newcomers |
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Cotton Gin |
Invented by Eli Whitney and was used to separate the cotton seeds from the valuable white fibers |
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Labor Unions |
Groups of workers who unite to seek better pay and conditions |
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Henry Clay |
One of the leading advocates of the new economic nationalism |
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Nationalism |
A glorification of the nation |
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American System |
A system in which the federal government to build new roads and canals to link the Atlantic states with the Midwest |
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Adams-Onís Treaty |
In 1821 the treaty ended the Spanish claims to the vast Pacific Coast territory of Oregon |
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Missouri Compromise |
Admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state and prohibited slavery north of 36º 30' N |
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Caucus |
Closed meeting of party members for the purpose of choosing a candidate |
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Andrew Jackson |
War hero and president. As president he was responsible for avoiding the nullification crisis, opposing the second Bank of the United States and Native American Removal |
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Jacksonian Democracy |
Andrew Jackson became the symbol of American democracy |
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Martin Van Buren |
The man who worked behind the scene to build support for Jackson |
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Indian Removal Act of 1830 |
The act sought to peacefully negotiate the exchange of American Indian lands in the South for new lands in the Indian Territory |
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Trail of Tears |
Force removal of 16,000 Cherokees; who were forced to walk from their lands in the Southeast to Oklahoma |
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Tariff of Abominations |
A high tariff that had be designed by members of Congress to promote American Industry |
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John C. Calhoun |
Vice President of Andrew Jackson and also the creator of nullification |
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Nullfication |
States could void any federal law they deemed unconstitutional |
