| A | B |
|---|
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| Marbury v. Madison | Supreme Court case that gave the Supreme Court final say in interpreting the Constitution |
| Louisiana Purchase | the buying of the land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains from France for $15 million |
| Tecumseh | Shawnee leader who tred to unite the Native American tribe of the Ohio Valley to resist white settlement |
| Monroe Doctrine | statement in 1823 from President Monroe that the Americas were colsed to colonization |
| stabilized | made steady |
| seized | to possess or take by force |
| disrupt | to throw into disorder |
| imported | from another country |
| neutral | not taking sides |
| Jacksonian democracy | Andrew Jackson's idea of extending power to more people |
| Indian Removal Act | 1830 law used to move Native Americans west of the Mississippi |
| Trail of Tears | forced march of the Cherokee from the Southeast to present day Oklahoma in the winter of 1838-1839 |
| nullification | the idea that states may reject federal laws they felt were unconstitutional |
| cotton gin | invention to improve cotton production |
| Frederick Douglass | runaway slave who became a powerful abolitionist |
| abolition | the movement to end slavery |
| Seneca Falls Convention | a meeting held in 1848 to push for equal rights for women |
| profitable | making money |
| Industrial Revolution | period from the late 1700s to the late 1800s when factory machines replaced hand tools |
| manifest destiny | belief that the United States would expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
| War with Mexico | war between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 that resulted in territorial gains for the United States |
| Treaty of Guadalupe | treaty that ended the War with Mexico |
| California gold rush | the flood of people to California following the discovery of gold |
| annexation | addition of territory to a country |
| telegraph | a device, system, or process for communication at a distance by electric transmission over wire |
| cotton gin | a machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and foreign material from cotton |
