| A | B |
|---|
| pioneer | an early settler of a fronteir region |
| impressment | the practice of drafting sailors by force |
| War Hawks | a western or southern leader who favored a war with Britain in the early 1800s |
| blockade | the blocking off of a city or port by enemy ships |
| nationalism | love or loyalty to one's nation |
| judicial review | the power of the supreme court to declare laws unconstitutional |
| standardization | the practice of using interchangeable parts |
| interchangeable parts | a piece of an object that is designed to fit all other objects of that kind---not custom designed |
| sectionalism | loyalty to local interests |
| spoils system | the practice of giving government jobs to political backers |
| Jacksonian democracy | a democratic spirit in the US after Jackson's election in 1828 |
| tariffs | a tax on foreign goods brought into the country |
| doctrine of nullification | theory that a state could declare a law null and void if it favored one section of the country over another |
| secede | to withdraw from the Union |
| panic | an economic crisis |
| depression | a period of deep economic hardship |
| famine | a severe food shortage |
| inflation | a rise in prices |
| prejudice | an unfair opinion formed without the facts |
| racism | the belief that one's own race is superior to others |
| steerage | the lowest deck on a ship |
| nativists | a person hostile to immigrants |
| immigrate | to move into a country |
| emigrate | to move out of a country |
| strike | a stoppage of work |
| Second Great Awakening | a revival of religious faith in the early 1800s |
| temperance | a refusal to drink alcoholic beverages |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| abolitionists | a person who worked toward the movement to do away with slavery |
| annexation | the process of adding a state to an existing country |
| principle | an amount of money borrowed |
| interest | a charge placed on borrowed money (usually a %age of the principle) |
| Know Nothings | a secret society created in the 1850s against immigrants |
| asset | one's personal belonging of value or worth |
