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Westward Expansion
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02/11/2013

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Whig Party
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Political Party whose members favored banks and internal improvements
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Popular Sovereignty
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To rule the way the people want
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Louisiana Purchase
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Land that the US bought from France in 1803
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Embargo
Definition
order of government preventing the movement of ships
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Economy
Definition
The way people produce goods and services
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plantation
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large farm on which crops are grown for sale
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reform
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a change for the better
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progressive
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working for political or social reforms (this is the act of doing before the reform happens)
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secede
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to leave something; to give in.
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abolition
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an end to slavery
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fugitive slave law
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a law forcing people in the North to return runaway enslaved Africans
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Sectionalism
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beliefs in ones particular area that differ from another area.
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Manifest Destiny
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Idea that God wanted something accomplished
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Nationalism
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Feelings of pride and loyalty to a nation
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Judicial Review
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The power for the court to declare a law unconstitutional
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