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us history unit 2
expansion and reform
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11th Grade
02/07/2011

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louisiana purchase
Definition
jefferson had lewis and clark to explore it.
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manifeast destiny
Definition
its wear people thought it was destiny for people to travel through.
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missouri compromise
Definition
people thought slavery would be ok in missouri state.
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worcester v. georgia
Definition
worcester sad that that had the right to go right after the gold.
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indain removal act
Definition
it forced the indians to leave wear they wear and go and love in Oklahoma.
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trail of tears
Definition
thousands of indians died trying to cross over to Oklahoma.
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texas annexation
Definition
its the start of the mexican vs usa war
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the election of 1884
Definition
its wear james polk ran for election.
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mexican-american war
Definition
its wear us wanted some of mexico land and so mexico wanted war to fight for its land.
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mexican cession & wilmot proviso
Definition
in the treaty of gualdalupe hildalgo, the mexican gave over ht mexican cession over to the us.
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1849 golden rush
Definition
it when gold was discovered in claifornia and everyone went to get the gold.
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nationalism
Definition
you have a patriotic feeling and you are proud of it.
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Americans system
Definition
originally called "The American Way",consising if high turrfs.
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adams-Onis Treaty
Definition
spain gave the us florida and set a boundry on the new spain.
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monroe doctrine
Definition
its a policy by presidant james monroe in 1823,that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the U.S.
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Era of good feelings
Definition
apparent lack of partisan political strife.
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sectionalism
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its wear setion of the united states wear divided into north, east, west, south.
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missouri compromise of 1820
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its wear some states or slave owners and other states are free from slaves.
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panic of 1819
Definition
its wear the us had its first depression.
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McCullough v. Maryland
Definition
national bank was constitional
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gibbosns v Odgen
Definition
for federal power to over come other powers.
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election of 1824
Definition
when john adams won the election and won it by giving someone to vote for him a job.
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corrupt bargain
Definition
jackson sad that the only reason why john won was he promished a job to one of the voters.
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Tariff of Aboninations
Definition
adam signed a new tariff into a law.
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jacksonain democracy
Definition
andrew was elected presidant on 1828. hes the first presidant to grow up poor and to be presidant.
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universal manhood suffrage
Definition
that any man can vote not just man who own property.
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spoil system
Definition
when jackson put friends and supporters to government jobs.
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democrats
Definition
people who supported andrew became democrats.
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whigs
Definition
andrew oppionets became national republicans which wear called whigs.
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nulification crisis
Definition
when a lot of states started to go against tariffs.
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john c. calhoun
Definition
he organized a band of people who wear against tariffs.
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exposition and protest
Definition
that states should have the right to refuse unconstionaltal laws.
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bank war
Definition
that banks wear only to help the rich people.
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pet banks
Definition
to take money out of banks and put it in a pet bank so they could have more control over the economy.
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panic of 1837
Definition
economic chaos
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cotton gin
Definition
it made to proccess cotton in a faster pace.
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cotton kingdom
Definition
its another name for cotton gin.
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plantation system
Definition
its a place to make cotton.
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john Deere
Definition
he is the one who founded the company john deere and origanally steel plows.
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cyrus mccormick
Definition
he inveted the reaper for farming.
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industral revolution
Definition
when mechiens started to replace man workers.
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factory system
Definition
north became dependent of factory system.
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interchangeable parts
Definition
parts that can be easily replaced.
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nativism
Definition
against other immagrants.
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know nothing
Definition
if anybody ask you anything you just say you know nothing.
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erie canal
Definition
he made nyc a commercial city.
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robert fulton
Definition
he built the first steam boat.
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Samuel Morse
Definition
he invited a telegraph machine
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Manifest destiny
Definition
when Americans that it was god desire to have them civilize in the west.
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Oregon Trail
Definition
it the path that lewis and clark took.
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Oregon Trail
Definition
it the path that lewis and clark took.
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Indian Removal Act
Definition
its when the Indians wear made to move across the MS river to Oklahoma.
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Worchester v. Georgia
Definition
they wanted to take over wear the Cherokee wear living at.
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Trail of Tears
Definition
when thousands of Indians died trying to make the journey to Oklahoma.
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Texas Annexation
Definition
its when texas had its own problems.
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Webster
Definition
Ashburton treaty- to agree on boundries around maine and the great lakes.
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Fifty four forty or fight
Definition
if nothing could get solve then they would fight it out.
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Election of 1844
Definition
it’s the time taxes wear a big issue.
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Wilmont Proviso
Definition
its an unsecesful attempt to end slavery.
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Mexican American war
Definition
it’s the war that mexico and America fought over texas.
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Treaty if Guadalupe hidalgo
Definition
its when mexico handed over the Mexican cession.
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Mexican cession
Definition
it’s the land that mexico handed over.
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Gold rush
Definition
its when American heard about someone finding gold and everyone just went over their and looked for the gold.
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Noah Webster
Definition
he is the first person to make a book with every diffeniction of all the words.
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Neoclassical archutecture
Definition
its wear some of the famous bulding atare and one of them is wear thomas jefferson lived in.
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washington irving
Definition
he is the first american to be succesful in selling books and is a good authir.
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nathaniel hawthorne
Definition
he wrote the scarlet letter.
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james fenimore cooper
Definition
he wrote popular tale of the west.
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ralph waldo emerson
Definition
hes an american author and philosopher.
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henry david thoreau
Definition
he was for no vilolent to get his point across.
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edger allan poe
Definition
HE HAS Wrote many stories of mystery and macabre.
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hudson river
Definition
its wear people found wear its so beatifull that even it could be the garden of edan.
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dorothea dix
Definition
she would see people on mental houspital and tell how they wear being miss treated.
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prison reform
Definition
to help people in prison who are being miss treated.
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horace mann
Definition
he is the man who put in public education for anybody so they have a chance in life as well.
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seneca falls convention
Definition
wear two woman went their for the protest for woman fights and they had to sit behind a curtan.
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sojourner truth
Definition
she wrote a book that she is a woman and she should have the rights just like a white woman does.
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susan B. Anthony
Definition
she was against people drinking and she tried to make it against the law to drink alchool. so then men could think and act right.
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mormons
Definition
its people who believe that they can have more then one wife. and have as many children as they can.
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abolition
Definition
its to try and prcatice a law to see if it will work or not.
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necessary evil
Definition
its when people would say its a good thing that they are slaves because they do not know how to take of them selves.
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william Lloyd
Definition
he wrote newspapers and he wrote about why it is better for slaves to be free.
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frederick douglass
Definition
he was tought how to read and wright, and so he wrote famous book about being a slave and how they are being treated.
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Grimke sisters
Definition
Angelina and Alizabeth, they wear children of slaves owners and saw what happened to slaves. they left for the north and told people to band slavery.
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david walker
Definition
he wrights poster saying to slaves that its time to stop taking crap and stand for what you believe in and if necessery to fight for your freedom.
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