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| Monroe Doctrine | declared the Americas off-limts to European colonization |
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Msine was admitted as a free state |
| Sectionalism | the belief that one's own section, or region, of the country is more important then the whole |
| Nationalism | the belief that the intrests of the nation as a whole are more important than the regional intrests or the intrests of other countries |
| Industrial Revolution | Birth of modern industry and the social changes that accompanied this. occurred in mid 1700s to mid 1800s |
| Second Great Awakening | Religious movment in the 1820s and 1830s |
| Seneca Falls Convention | First women's rights convention held in America |
| Underground Railroad | Changing network of escape routs for runaway slaves |
| Manifest Destiny | America's God-given right to settle all the way to the Pacific Ocean |
| Gold Rush | Mass migration to California in search of gold |
| Alamo | Most famous battle of the Texas Revolution |
| Bear Flag Revolt | the incident where the Rebels declared California the independent Republic of California |
| Transcendentalism | the belief that knowledge is not found only by observation of the world but also through reason, intuition, and personal spiritual experiences |
| Know-Nothings | Anti-immigration secret fraternal group |
| Trail of Tears | term that symbolizes suffering of the nations |
