| A | B |
|---|
| nationalism | strong feelings of pride and loyalty to a nation |
| Henry Clay | Representative from Kentucky who proposed the Amerian System |
| Erie Canal | man-made waterway that connected the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Erie |
| sectionalism | protecting the good of a region of the country above the country as a whole |
| education | a major cause of the growth of nationalism in the U.S. |
| Election of 1824 | weakened the public's faith in democracy |
| Missouri Compromise | banned slavery north of the 36' 30" line |
| James Fennimore Cooper | American author who wrote about the American Frontier to show America's independence from Britain |
| Hudson River School | Artists who created paintings that reflected national pride in the American landscape |
| Washington Irving | wrote Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
