| A | B |
|---|
| capitalism | economic system based on private ownership |
| frontier | unexplored wilderness at the edge of the country |
| American System | taxes on imports, transportation projects, new national bank |
| folk art | art made by people using traditional methods |
| spiritual | a religous folk song of African origin |
| The Star Spangled Banner | America's national anthem |
| James Monroe | president during the "Era of Good Feelings" |
| Henry Clay | congressman from Kentucky who proposed the American System |
| Gilbert Stuart | his portrait of Washington was used on the dollar bill |
| John James Audubon | painted finely detailed portraits of birds |
| Washington Irving | author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| James Fennimore Cooper | author of the Last of the Mohicans |
| John Marshall | Chief justice who helped strengthen the U.S. Supreme Court |
| Daniel Webster | supported the American system, but opposed the War of 1812 |
| John C. Calhoun | South Carolina Congressman who supported the American System and states' rights |
| nationalism | pride and satisfaction with your country |
| era of good feelings | the eight years James Monroe was president were a time of peace and national unity |
| Hudson River School | a group of painters who focused on landscapes |
| Thomas Cole | painted landscapes and helped start the Hudson River School |
| George Catlin | paintings focused on Native Americans |
| The Crockett Almanac | stories about frontiersman Davy Crockett |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | American poet who wrote The Song of Hiawatha and Paul Revere's Ride |
| folk songs | American music played with violin, drum, and banjo |
| Square Dance | less formal dance where a caller tells dancers which steps to perform |
| Samuel Francis Smith | wrote the patriotic song "America" |
| minstrel songs | music that honored black music by mimicking it |
| Thomas Dartmouth Rice | wrote a song called "Jump Jim Crow" |
| Camptown Races and Oh Susanna | minstrel songs written by Stephen Foster |
