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U.S. History Chapter 3 Vocabulary

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road that requires users to pay a tollTurnpike
shift from manual labor to mechanized work that began in Great Britain during the 1700s and spread to the U.S around 1800Industrial Revolution
brought the idea of factory towns to America; textilesFrancis Cabot Lowell
invented electric telegraph; developed a code of dotsSamuel Morse
organization of workers; better wages and working conditionsLabor Union
loyalty and devotion to one's nationNationalism
James Monroe's Secretary of State, son of former President John Adams, reduce regional tension by promoting national expansionJohn Quincy Adams
1819 treaty in which Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.Adams-Onis Treaty
War hero from 1812, and Seminole wars; a.k.a. "old hickory"Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson and his followers' political philosophy concerned with interest of the common people and limiting the role of the federal governmentJacksonian Democracy
1828 protective tariff, so-named by its southern opponentsTariff of Abominations
Member of the nationalist political party formed in 1832 in opposition to the DemocratsWhig
road built by the federal government in the early 1800s that extended from Maryland to IllonoisNational Road
immigrant, used knowledge of textile machines to built first water powered textile mill in 1793Samuel Slater
identical components that can be used in place of one anotherInterchangeable Parts
protective tariff established by Congress to encourage Americans to buy goods made in the U.S.Tariff of 1816
person who favors native-born inhabitants over immigrantsNativist
Congress man from Kentucky; in favor of a protective tariffHenry Clay
1817-1818 war between the U.S. soldiers and Seminole Indians in FloridaFirst Seminole War
1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and banning slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36/30'N latitudeMissouri Compromise
future President from New York, help to garner support for Andrew JacksonMartin Van Buren
act passed by Congress in 1830 that allowed the federal government to negotiate land trades with Indians in the SoutheastIndian Removal Act
Congressman from South Carolina, against the protective tariffJohn C. Calhoun
canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to the Hudson RiverErie Canal
young women who worked in the textile mills in Lowell Massachusetts, in the early 1800sLowell Girl
introduced interchangeable parts to the U.S.; developed the cotton ginEli Whitney
money or wealth used to invest in business or enterpriseCapital
machine invented in 1793 to separate the cotton fiber from the seedsCotton Gin
Henry Clay's federal program designed to stimulate the economy with internal improvements and create a self-sufficient nationAmerican System
foreign policy doctrine set forth President Monroe in 1823 that discouraged European intervention in the Western HemisphereMonroe Doctrine
closed meeting of party members for the purpose of choosing a candidateCaucus
practice of the political party in power giving jobs and appointments to its supporters, rather than to people based on their qualificationsSpoils System
forced march of the Cherokee Indians to move west of the Mississippi in the 1830sTrail of Tears
concept in which states could nullify, or void, any federal law they deemed unconstitutionalNullification


John Motley Morehead High School

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