A | B |
laissez-faire | belief that the government interferes very little in business |
north | region of the country where most manufacturing was located |
sectionalism | loyalty to one's own state or region |
Whig | political party that formed in opposition to Jackson |
spoils system | rewarding political supporters with jobs once elected |
Trail of Tears | the forced removal of the Cherokee and other tribes |
Electoral College | presidential selection system that prevented Jackson from becoming president in 1824 |
Industrial Revolution | the shift from farming to manufactured goods |
American System | plan to improve the nation's economy and become independent |
nationalism | loyalty to one's country |
King Andrew | nickname given to the 7th president because he ignored the Constitution |
Martin Van Buren | blamed for the Panic of 1837 due to the closing of the National Bank by his predecessor |
cotton gin | this invention changed cash crop farming in the south |
steel plow | this invention allowed for farming to occur in the Louisiana Territory |
Eli Whitney | inventor who changed the economies of both the north and the south |
National Bank | Andrew Jackson hated this because it held too much power |
telegraph | invented by Samuel Morse to transmit messages quickly |
tariff | tax on imported goods |