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Chapter 5 Section 1&2
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10/24/2012

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nativism
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a preference for native-born people and a desired to limit immigration
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Nicholas Biddle
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This individual was president of the second Bank of the United States
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Industrial Revolution
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a revolution occurred in business and industry
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National Road
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a major East – West Highway that was funded by congress
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canning
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This invention was important because it prevented many foods from spoiling
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Frederick Douglass
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Became a prominent leader of the anti–slavery movement
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cotton gin
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This invention removes cotton seeds
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Indian Removal Act
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This law help the states relocate Native Americans to largely uninhabited regions of west of the Mississippi
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Nat Turner
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Enslaved minister who believed God had chosen him to bring his people out of bondage
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gang system
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A rigid system in which many enslaved persons were organized into work groups that labored from sun up to sundown
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labor unions
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Are compromised groups of workers who press for better working conditions and member benefits
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private businesses
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Built thousands of miles of tollroads because the Constitution did not state that the federal government could do it
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Panic of 1837
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This event describes the chaos and economic crisis that saw many farmers saw their land and banks fail
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Samuel F.B Morse
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American inventor who improved communication by developing Morse code and perfecting the telegraph
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Missouri's
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Request to enter the union as a slave state created a problem because it would upset the balance of power between slave and free states in the Senate
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Trail of Tears
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in this forced march about 2000 Native Americans died of starvation disease and exposure in addition to the roughly 2000 that had died in camps while waiting for the Westward March
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slogan
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used by the Whigs in the election of 1840 referred to a presidential candidate's battle victory to his vice presidential running mate, John Tyler
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Erie Canal
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this successful completion between Lake Erie and the Hudson River marked the beginning of a transportation revolution that swept through the Northern state
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South Carolina
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threatened to secede from the Union when Congress levied a new tariff that critics called the "Tariffs of Abominations"
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spoils system
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the practice of appointing people to government jobs based on party loyalty and support
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Specie Circular
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an order issued by President Jackson requiring that all payments for public lands be made in gold and silver
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steamboat
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was an improvement over barges because it could travel upstream
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steamboat
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by 1850, mechanized water transportation had come to the United States and approximately 700 steamboat traveled the nation's waterways
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Whig Party
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advocated expanding the federal government
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Whig Party
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also wanted to encourage industrial and commercial development, and create a centralized economy
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John Quincy Adams
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was accused of winning the presidency through a "corrupt bargain" in which Adams gave Henry Clay a cabinet post in return for his support
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John Quincy Adams
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won the presidency by winning the election of the House of Representatives
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Jacksonians
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replaced the caucus system of choosing a party's nominee with the national nominating convention
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Jacksonians
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the significance of the change from the caucus system to the national nominating convention is that the latter was less exclusive
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Missouri Compromise
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the solution that emerged was to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
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Missouri Compromise
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an accepted amendment to the Missouri Compromise was that slavery could not expand in Louisiana Territory north of Missouri's southern boundary
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Andrew Jackson
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destroyed the Second Bank of the United States by withdrawing the governments deposits from the Bank
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Andrew Jackson
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his outraged supporters decided to break with the faction of the party allied with John Quincy Adams and called themselves Democratic Republicans, later known as Democrats
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