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Growth of the U.S.
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8th Grade
03/09/2011

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Industrial Revolution
Definition

A change from handmade products to machine manufacturing; people move to cities for factory jobs.

 

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Nullification
Definition
The process a state follows to get rid of a law that it does not agree with; suggested by John C. Calhoun
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Lowell System

aka

American System

Definition
Factory system in Massachusetts using young girls to labor in textile (cloth) factories
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Gadsen Purchase
Definition
Strip of land south of Mexican Cession (added Arizona and New Mexico) purchased from Mexico
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Cotton Gin
Definition
Machine used to seperate seeds from cotton fibers; caused an increase in the demand for slaves
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Oregon Territory
Definition
Land in Pacific Northwest region acquired though treaty with Great Britian; rich, fertile soil
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immigrants
Definition
person who moves from one country to another usually for better oppetunities
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urban
Definition
having to do with cities
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Northwest Ordinance
Definition
plan of the govermnment for the lands in the Northwest Territory; divide the area into territories
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McCormick's Reaper
Definition
Invention in agriculture that increased farmers ability to harvest crops quickly
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Texas Annexation
Definition
Land added to US that led to US-Mexican war; North oppose to entry as a slave state
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U.S.-Mexican War
Definition
Conflict caused by the U.S. annexing Texas.  U.S. won; got Mexican cession
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Eli Whitney
Definition
Inventor of the cotton gin and the idea of interchangable parts
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Indian Removal Act
Definition

Policy during Andrew Jackson's presidency forcing Indians to pay for land or move west

(Trail of Tears)

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Spoils System
Definition
Jackson's idea of rewarding political party supporters with government jobs
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Mexican Cession
Definition

Land given up by Mexico; all of the current Southwest

(CA, AZ, NM, CO, NV, UT)

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Andrew Jackson
Definition
Hero of the War of 1812; 1st president from the West; represented the common man
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
Definition
Agreement officially ending the U.S.- Mexican War
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rural
Definition
Having to do with the area outside of a city
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John C. Calhoun
Definition
Senator from South Carolina who created the nullifcation process and believed in states' rights
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1803
Definition

America (Thomas Jefferson) buys the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million

(Louisiana Purchase)

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Internal Improvements
Definition
Improvements made such as to buildings, roads, bridges and canals
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
the belief that the United States wiykd spread from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
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Adams-Onis Treaty
Definition
Agreement with Spain giving Florida to the U.S.
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