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American History Vocab Set #1
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12th Grade
08/12/2018

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Term
Era of Good Feelings
Definition
A period in the US that reflected a sense of national purpose and unity after the War of 1812.
#FeelinGood
Term
Hudson River School
Definition
First coherent school of American art from 1825 to 1870.
#DocFromCars
Term
John Marshall
Definition
Established the principles of US constitutional law (1755 to 1835)
#General
Term
Andrew Jackson
Definition
7th president of the US from 1829 to 1837
#MJ
Term
Adams-Onis Treaty
Definition
a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain.
#"Peace"
Term
Monroe Doctrine
Definition
A principle of US policy that states any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.
#Treason
Term
Henry Clay
Definition
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
#Politician
Term
American System
Definition
The policy of promoting industry in the U.S. by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government
#Business
Term
Protective Tariff
Definition
Tariffs that are enacted with the aim of protecting a domestic industry.
#PT
Term
Samuel Slater
Definition
An early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"
#Shaft
Term
John Deere
Definition
Developed the first commercially successful, self-scouring steel plow
#BigGreenTractor
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Cyrus McCormick
Definition
An American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902.
#Dexter
Term
Interchangeable Parts
Definition
Pre-manufactured parts that were for all practical purposes identical
#MassProduction
Term
Cotton Gin
Definition
A machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
#EasyCotton
Term
Industrial Revolution
Definition
The changes in manufacturing and transportation that began with fewer things being made by hand but instead made using machines in larger-scale factories
#LotsOfFactories
Term
Samuel Morse
Definition
Invented Morse Code
#Communication
Term
National Road
Definition
A 620 mile road built by the government between 1811 & 1837. It connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main transport path to the West for thousands of settlers.
#RadiatorSprings
Term
Robert Fulton
Definition
An American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat.
#Troy
Term
Erie Canal
Definition
Waterway built across New York state in the early nineteenth century, linking Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
#Panama
Term
Transportation Revolution
Definition
The period where steam power, railroads, canals, roads, and bridges emerged as new forms of transportation
#TheJetsons
Term
Antebellum Period
Definition
Generally considered to be the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812.
#EyeOfHurricane
Term
Urbanization
Definition
Is the process where an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs.
#Suburbs
Term
Lowell Mill System
Definition
The 19th-century mills that operated in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, which was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, who introduced a new manufacturing system.
#IssaSystem
Term
Cotton Kingdom
Definition
The cotton-producing region of the southern United States up until the Civil War
#TheSouth
Term
Slave Codes
Definition
Placed harsh restrictions on slaves' already limited freedoms, often in order to preempt rebellion or escape, and gave slave owners absolute power over their slaves.
#Codes
Term
Sectionalism
Definition
Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
#Factions
Term
Missouri Compromise
Definition
A settlement of a dispute between slave and free states, contained in several laws passed during 1820 and 1821.
#North&SouthSlavery
Term
Election of 1824/”Corrupt Bargain”
Definition
When the 1824 election ended without any candidate receiving a majority in the electoral college, the House of Representatives awarded the election to John Quincy Adams.
#UnfairElection
Term
Democratic Party
Definition
One of the two major political parties in the U.S., founded in 1828.
#Donkey
Term
Whig Party
Definition
An American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats.
#WhiteJudgeHair
Term
Election of 1828
Definition
The United States presidential election of 1828 featured a rematch between John Quincy Adams, now incumbent President, and Andrew Jackson.
#RematchElection
Term
Exploration
#Travel
Definition
Traveling in or through an unfamiliar area
Term
Freedom
#Unrestricted
Definition
The state of being unrestricted from anything
Term
Immigration
#PermanentMove
Definition
Moving to live permanently in a different country
Term
Settlement
#Pilgrims
Definition
When once moved; establishing a place of living
Term
Analyze
#Observe
Definition
To observe in great detail to discover something
Term
Contribution
#Give
Definition
Taking part, or giving into something
Term
Development
#Growth
Definition
The growth or achievement of a specific topic
Term
Explain
#Explicable
Definition
A thorough statement in which describes a certain object, word, or subject
Term
Factors
#Factions
Definition
An influence that contributes to a cause
Term
Impact
#Meteor
Definition
The effect or influence someone, or even an event, has on something
Term
Influence
#RoleModel
Definition
A strong effect on someone or something
Term
Patterns
#Checkers
Definition
An action that is being repeated
Term
Shape
#Circle
Definition
The physical appearance
Term
Commerce
#Business
Definition
Trading, buying, and selling on a large business scale
Term
Economic
#Money
Definition
Getting profit
Term
Emigrate
#Moving
Definition
Leaving native country to live in another
Term
Exploration
#Pocahontas
Definition
Discovering new places
Term
Immigrate
#KarateKid
Definition
Come to live in another country
Term
Imperial
#Mulan
Definition
Royalty
Term
Mercantilism
#History
Definition
Belief in benefits in profitable trading
Term
Politics
#Hillary
Definition
Activities within the government
Term
Region
#RockyMount
Definition
A specific part of the country or world
Term
Topography
#Turf
Definition
The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area
Term
HoHoKam
#ControlWater
Definition
A member of a Native American culture flourishing from about the 3rd century BC to the mid-15th century AD in south-central Arizona, noted for the construction of an extensive system of irrigation canals
Term
Kinship
#Cousin
Definition
Blood relationship
Term
Encomienda
#Slavery
Definition
A grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area
Term
Headright System
#Land
Definition
Legal grant of land to settlers created in 1618
Term
Foundations
#Beginning
Definition
The basis of something bigger
Term
Ideologies
#Theory
Definition
A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
Term
Individualism
#Single
Definition
The principle of being independent
Term
Involuntary
#Taking
Definition
Doing something without will or control
Term
Motivation
#Soccer
Definition
The desire to do something
Term
Opportunity
#USA
Definition
A set of circumstances that offers to do something
Term
Philosophy
#Thinking
Definition
The study of theoretical events
Term
Principle
#Rules
Definition
A fundamental source of something
Term
Tolerance
#Okay
Definition
The ability to accept a particular behavior or subject
Term
Values
#Family
Definition
When something is of importance
Term
Voluntary
#Charity
Definition
Doing something willingly
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