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| Alexander Hamilton | An early federalist leader |
| Demo-Rep Party | Jefferson’s political party and ancestors of today’s Democratic party |
| Two-Party System | Political system where two political parties compete for power |
| Neutrality | To support neither side |
| XYZ Affai | American anger over bribes demanded by French diplomats |
| Alien & Sedition Acts | Laws that made it harder to become a citizen and created punishment for people who criticize the govt |
| Nullification | The idea that states had the right to nullify or void any law they deemed unconstitutional |
| Marbury vs. Madison | Court case that established the power of judicial review |
| Louisiana Purchase | Land bought from France in 1803 |
| Treaty of Ghent | Treaty that ended the war of 1812 |
| Eli Whitney | Inventor of interchangeable parts and inventor of the cotton gin |
| Industrial Revolution | A change in the making of goods from small workshops to large factories that made machines |
| American System | Clay’s plan for economic development in the U.S. |
| Nationalism | Love of ones Country |
| McColloch vs Maryland | Supreme court case that denied Maryland the right to tax the Bank of the United States |
| Monroe Doctrine | Warning to European nations not to interfere in the Americas |
| Missouri Compromise | Agreement that temporarily settled the issue of slavery in the territories |
| Andrew Jackson | Common man's President |
| Spoils System | System in which incoming political parties throw out govt workers and replace them with their friends |
| Trail of Tears | Path the Cherokee were forced to travel from Georgia to Indian Territory |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | Leading transcendental philosopher |
| Transcendentalism | Philosophy that emphasized the truth to be found in nature and intuition |
| Civil Disobedience | The form of protest that calls on people to disobey unjust laws |
| Utopian Community | Experimental communities designed for prefect society |
| Dorothea Dix | Reformer who worked for improving treatment for ill |
| Abolition | Movement that outlawed slavery |
| William Garrison | Abolitionist leader, The Liberator |
| Frederick Douglass | Escaped slave who became abolitionist leader |
| Temperance Movt | Stop drinking alcohol |
| Seneca Falls Conv | Help in 1848 to argue women’s rights |
| Specialization | Raising one or two crops for sale |
| Market Revolution | Economic change where people buy and sell good rather than make them themselves |
| Telegraph | Device that sends messages across wires |
| John Deere | Inventor of the Steel Plow |
| Manifest Destiny | A policy of imperialistic expansion defended as necessary |
| Mormons | Religious group that settled near present day |
| 54-40 or Fight | Slogan use in 1844 presidential election as a call for u.s annexation of oregan territory |
| Texas Revolution | Texas war for independence from Mexico |
| Republic of Texas | Independent nation that was created after Texans defected Mexico |
| 49ers | People who came from California in search of gold |
