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| sectionalism | Loyalty to a region. |
| state sovereignty | The idea that states have the right to govern themselves independent of the federal government. |
| American System | Policies devised by Henry Clay to stimulate the growth of industry. |
| intense | great, strong, or extreme |
| internal | Located within a certain area, such as a country. |
| James Monroe | President during the "Era of Good Feelings". |
| Missouri Compromise | Ended a potential conflict between slave and free states by admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. |
| Henry Clay | "The Great Compromiser" |
| The American System | Protective tariff, internal improvements & a national bank |
| census | official count of the population |
| turnpike | private toll road |
| canal | artificial waterway |
| lock | Separate compartment in which water levels are raised or lowered in a canal |
| reveal | To make known something that was unknown |
| region | large land area with particular geographic, political, or cultural characteristics. |
| Clermont | Steamboat outfitted with a powerful engine |
| Robert Livingston | Built the Clermont Steamboat |
| cotton gin | Simple machine that quickly and efficiently removed seeds from cotton fiber |
| interchangeable parts | Identical machine parts that could quickly be put together to make a complete product or replace like parts. |
| patent | A document that gives inventor sole legal right to invention and its profits for a period of time. |
| factory system | A system in which all manufacturing steps come together in one place to increase efficiency |
| capitalism | Economic system in which individuals put capital, into a business to try to make it successful and profitiable. |
| capital | Money for investment |
| free enterprise | Economic structure in which people are free to buy, sell and produce whatever they want. |
| contribute | Add to something |
| element | One part of a larger whole |
