| A | B |
|---|
| Monroe Doctrine | a policy that opposes any European interference in the Western Hemisphere |
| Eli Whitney | inventor of the cotton gin which changed the cotton industry |
| protective tariff | tax on imported goods so that foreign goods would be more expensive than domestic goods |
| Missouri Compromise | law prohibiting slavery in the Lousiana Territory north of latitude 36degrees30 |
| spoils system | practice whereby politicians who give jobs and other rewards for political support |
| Kitchen Cabinet | President Jackson's group of informal advisors |
| nullification | belief that states have the right to disobey Federal laws with which they disagree |
| Trail of Tears | forced march of Chrokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory |
| Treaty of Echota | all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi to the US for $5million and land in the Indian Territory |
| putting-out system | a system of production in which manufacturers provide materials to artisans so that they can produce goods at home |
| interchangeable parts | parts that are identical and can be substituted for one another |
| Manifest Destiny | inevitable divine plan for US westwrd expansion |
