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Grade 7 Unit 4 Growth of a nation vocabulary words
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History
7th Grade
02/10/2014

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embargo act
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banned trade with all foreign countries to punish Britain and France
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War Hawks
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young members of congress that demanded war against Britain
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James Madison
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president during war of 1812
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Battle of New Orleans
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last major conflict of the war won by the Americans
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Treaty of Ghent
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signed before negotiators knew of New Orleans
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Monroe Doctrine
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wanted European powers not to interfere in Americas affairs
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War of 1812
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started because of British impressment of American soldiers,
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Democratic Ideals
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tends to be more liberal, federal government takes on more authority and funds more social programs
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Republican Ideals
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tends to be more conservative, supports reducing the power of the federal government and wants to decrease the funding of the federal social programs and was opposed to the spread of slavery
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Federalist
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strong federal government and supported industry and trade
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Anti Federalist
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opposed ratification of the Constitution without a bill of Rights (limit the power of the Central government)
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know nothings
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nativists founded in 1849 to support measures making it difficult for foreigners to become citizens or hold public office
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Jacksonian Democracy
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the period of expanding democracy
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spoils system
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Jackson rewarded political backers with government jobs
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tariff of abominations
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tariff northern manufactures demanded on wool goods
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states rights doctrine
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Calhouns theory that said states power greater than federal power because states had formed national government
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nullification crisis
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produced by Calhoun theory it said states could nullify or reject law judged unconstitutional
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panic of 1837
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severe economic depression
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impressment
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the practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy; led to increased tensions between Great Britain and the United States
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John C. Calhoun
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supported the south, believed in states rights, said states could nullify or reject laws by federal government, theory started nullification crisis
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Indian Removal Act
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a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native American who lived east of the Mississippi River
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Transportation Revolution
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impacted the mainly the north,new forms of transportation improved business,travel, and communications
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Industrial Revolution
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a period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid 1700s
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Samuel B. Morse
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invented the telegraph
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John Deere
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invented the steel plow
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Cyrus McCormick
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invented the mechanical reaper and harvesting machine
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Eli Whitney
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Invented the cotton gin and changed cotton harvest procedures and enabled large increases in cotton production
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Cotton Belt
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southern region who had wide spread production of cotton
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Push Factors
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starvation, poverty, lack of political freedom
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Pull Factor
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jobs, greater freedom and equality, abundant land
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