| A | B |
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| nullification | Idea of declaring a federal law illegal |
| National Bank | Bank of the United States; established in 1791 |
| tariff | Tax on foreign goods brought into the country |
| Louisiana Territory | Large territory located between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains that ws purchased from France in 1803; doubled the size of the United States |
| Lewis and Clark | Two men that led an expedition to explore and map the Louisiana Territory |
| Indian Removal Act | Law that forced the Native Americans to sign treaties agreeing to move west of the Mississippi River |
| Trail of Tears | Forced march of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River |
| Seneca Falls | Meeting at which leaders of the women's rights movement voted on a plan for achieving equality |
| suffrage | Right to vote |
| War with Mexico (1846-1848) | War between Mexico and the United States; U.S won and acquired the territories of California and New Mexico |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief in the God given right of Americans to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
| Monroe Doctrine | Foreign policy statement issued by James Monroe in 1823. Warned European nations not to interfere in the affairs of independent nations throughout Latin America. |
| Northwest Ordinance | legislation providing for the admission of the Northwest Territory to the union and its administration; |
| Precedents | an example that others follow |
| Nationalism | loyalty to one's country/pride in one country |
