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APUSH Chapter 11 Vocabulary
APUSH Chapter 11 Vocabulary
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10th Grade
10/24/2010

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Andrew Jackson
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17th President who created Jacksonian Democracy and shaped modern Democracy.
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Robert Fulton
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Engineer that developed first commercial steamboat.
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Martin Van Buren
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President that advocated the Democratic party and the Second Party System
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Charles Finney
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Presbyterian leader that advocated the Second Great Awakening by becoming a Revivalist.
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David Walker
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Black American that advocated to immediatly end slavery (Massachussets) and published a work about these beliefs
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Prominent American abolotionist that stated the newspaper called The Liberator
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Erie Canal
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Man-made waterway that connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
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Lowell mills
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Developed the factory system saying that all parts of product are made under one roof
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Specie payment
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National currency (smae types of currency with same values) was created for all states to share
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Second Bank of the United States
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National Bank chartered in 1816 to renew war debts but failed after 20 years
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Panic of 1819
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First major financial crisis in the U.S. occured at end of Era of Good Feelings
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Bank War
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Controversy over the Second National Bank which was vetoed because president viewed it as monopoly due to the fact that it was owned by a private company
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Whigs
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British political party that believed in constitutional monarchy and was against absolute monarchy
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Democrats
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Major U.S political party that had beliefs different to that of the republic (future federalists)
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Indian Removal Act of 1830
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Act that forced Indians living in Georgia to relocate out of the U.S
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Black Hawk War
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U.S troops were sent to invade Indian land causing war in the Michigan and Illinoise region.
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Second Seminole War
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War between U.S troops and the Indians of Florid
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Worcester v. Georgia
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Case that resulted in the idea that non-indians on Idian land without a lisence was unconstitutional
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Trail of Tears
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March of the forcibly removed Indians from Georgia to "Indian territory" (present day Oklahoma)
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Tariff of Abominations
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Put taxes on more industrial good which upset the southerners who didn't make any of these goods but had to pay more money for them
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Nullification Crisis
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Crisis due to the nullification of the Tariff of Abominiations because SC saw it as unconstitutional
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Force Bill
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Bill that intended to give president the power to force national tarrif's upon the state governments
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Second Great Awakening
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19th centure religious revival that used ideas that every person could be saved through revival
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Separate spheres
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Idea that woman is to seperate home and public dominions
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Temperance movement
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social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages
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American Colonization Society
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Social group that highly advocated freedom (freeing slaves, expansion to free land)
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The Liberator
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abolitionist newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison
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Gag Rule of 1836
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rule that forbids the outside talking of topics discussed by the legislative branch (meant to keep secrecy)
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Panic of 1837
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U.S financial crisis based on the assumption of debt by Andrew Jackson
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Treasury System
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system for retaining national debts through privately owned banks
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Pet banks
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state banks selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury to receive surplus government funds
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