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US history unit 2
expansion and reform
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History
11th Grade
02/08/2011

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Nationalism
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Serious form of patriotism for your country. Type patrioctic movement where the countries citizens propagate their countries
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American System
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This was also known as "The American way". It was a mercantilist economic plan that was based on Alexander Hamilton's ideas.
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Cotton Gin
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Machine used to remove seeds from cotton very fast With the increase of of production there was a need for more slaves to pick the cotton in the fields. The Cotton Gin was created by Eli Whitney
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Election of 1824
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This election was between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. The election was so close it was decieded by the House of Rep. John Q. Adams won the election.
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Era of Good Feelings
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Whigs
Definition
Political party that wanted Congress to have supremecy over the President.
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Sectionalism
Definition
People that are loyal to their own region of the nation. They are not loyal to the whole nation. In the US it was mainly about the North and South and there difference.
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Adams-Onis Treaty
Definition
Treaty between the US and Spain and it gave the US Florida. It also created a border between spain and the US.
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Monroe Doctrine
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This stated that other countries should stop starting new colonies in the Western Hemisphere and that the US would not bother the current colonies.
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
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This was used to decied that Missouri would be a slave state and the others would be free.
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Panic of 1819
Definition
When America had financial problems with second bank
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McCullough v. Maryland
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This was a case where they wanted to put a tax on bank notes. This case gave Congress the right to tax things
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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This Case was between Aaron Ogden and Thomas Gibbons. Ogden wanted Gibbons off his waters. The Supreme court were in favor of Gibbons.
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"Corrupt bargain"
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When John Quincy Adams won the election it was by popular vote in the House of Representatives. Jackson and others believed that Henry Clay convinced the House to elect him president and it was a corrupt system. Henry Clay was made Secretary of State
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Tariff of Abominations
Definition
This created high taxes on imported goods from other countries. This was used to help the economy in America get better and help business in America.
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Jacksonian Democracy
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Universal manhood suffrage
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This made it so everyman could vote and people did not have to own property.

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Spoils system
Definition
Jackson put friends into government to help back him up.
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Democrats
Definition
People who believed in state power.
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Nullification Crisis
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People began fighting against tariffs
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John C. Calhoun
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Workerd against tariffs
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Exposition and Protest
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Bank war
Definition
The battle between president Jackson and the national bank. He wanted the bank to support everyone and not just rich people.
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"Pet banks"
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Jackson took money out of the national bank and put into smaller banks in other states.
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Cotton Kingdom
Definition
When the south depended on the cotton they took more slaves to work the cotton gin and create more cotton this was also known as the plantation system.
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John Deere
Definition
Created the mold board plow.
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Cyrus McCormick
Definition
Invented the mecanical reaper a for farming and it increased farming production by a alot
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Industrial Revolution
Definition
When things were invented to help production in farming and other things. An example of something created would be the cotton gin which increased cotton production by a lot.
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Factory system
Definition
Northern states started making factories and became dependent on them.
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Interchangeable parts
Definition
Machines that could be changed faster and easier.
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Nativism
Definition
THe people who were against foreigns taking jobs from them for cheaper wages.
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Know-Nothings
Definition
The foreigners that came to America and stole jobs from others.
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Erie Canal
Definition
Canals that led to the great lakes and through New york city and made it a trading area.
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Robert Fulton
Definition
Created the first steam boat
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Samuel Morse
Definition
invented telograph machine
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 Internal Improvements
Definition
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
When Americans believed it was Gods will to civilize in the west.
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Oregon Trail
Definition
The trail in which Lewis and Clark traveled.
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Indian Removal Act
Definition
Where the US moved Indians through the mississippi river.
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Worchester v Georgia
Definition
When Americans wanted to take Cherokee lands the Supreme Court ruled they were not supposed to take lands
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Trail of tears
Definition
This is where the indians were forced out of there homeland and had to walk all the way to where they were told. Most of them died walking.
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Texas Annexation
Definition
Texas was having problems mexico and Texas wanted to be bought by the US.
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Definition
The agreement that decieded the boundry line of main and the great lakes.
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"Fifty-four Forty or Fight"
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Oregon Settlers clash with britain at the northern border.

Britain compromises at the 49th parallel

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Election of 1844
Definition
This is when people took taxes very seriously.
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Wilmont Proviso
Definition
This was an attempt that failed to stop slavery.
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Mexican-American War
Definition
This war to decied who would get Texas, US or Mexico. The US won and claimed Texas when they signed the Treaty of Guandalupe-Hidalgo
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Mexican cession
Definition
The land the mexico gave to the US after the war.
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Gold rush
Definition
When everyone made there way to california because of the rush of gold that was discovered there. People from everywhere wanted in on it.
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