Unit 3 Vocab Part 2

Question 1

Eli Whitney

Answer 1

Developed the idea of mass producing interchangeable musket parts

Question 2

Henry Clay

Answer 2

supporter of economic Nationalism, promoted federal support of internal improvements, a protective tariff and an international bank

Question 3

John Quincy Adams

Answer 3

former president, helped establish the Monroe Doctrine and the Treaty of Ghent

Question 4

Daniel Webster

Answer 4

Representative of New Hampshire that strongly opposed Jefferson’s embargo

Question 5

Andrew Jackson

Answer 5

became national war hero when he invaded Florida to stop Seminole Raids and conquered several Spanish colonies

Question 6

John Tyler

Answer 6

former President of the United States; famous for not being elected

Question 7

Whig Party

Answer 7

created to give the Democratic party opposition in 1832

Question 8

Democratic-Republic Party

Answer 8

led by Thomas Jefferson, one of the first political organizations of it’s kind in the U.S.

Question 9

William Henry-Harrison

Answer 9

former president of the United States, had the shortest presidency in U.S. history

Question 10

Martin Van Buren

Answer 10

former president that opposed the creation of the New Bank of the United States and putting federal funds in state banks

Question 11

Industrial Revolution

Answer 11

a shift from manual labor to mechanized work that began in Great Britain and spread to the U.S. in 1800

Question 12

American System

Answer 12

federal program designed to stimulate the economy with internal improvements to create a self-sufficient nation

Question 13

National Road

Answer 13

built in by federal government in early 1800’s that extended from Maryland to Illinois

Question 14

Eerie Canal

Answer 14

built to connect the Hudson River to the Lake Eerie

Question 15

Tariff of 1816

Answer 15

a tax developed to encourage the purchase of goods created in the U.S.

Question 16

McCullough Vs. Maryland

Answer 16

Courts decided that the Federal Bank could not be taxed by individual states

Question 17

Adams-Onis Treaty

Answer 17

The agreement that Spain ceded Florida to the United States

Question 18

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 18

policy discouraging European Intervention in the Western Hemisphere

Question 19

Missouri Compromise

Answer 19

agreement that one state would be a slave state while the other would be a free state; used to try and smooth issues between free states and slave owning states

Question 20

Indian Removal Act

Answer 20

passed by Congress that allowed government to negotiate land exchanges with Native Americans

Question 21

Trail of Tears

Answer 21

forced the Cherokee to move west of the Mississippi River

Question 22

Tariff of Abominations

Answer 22

sought to protect agriculture items from foreign competition

Question 23

Spoils System

Answer 23

when parties in power give jobs and perks to their supporters

Question 24

Panic of 1837

Answer 24

Federal economic crisis that led to a depression

Question 25

John C. Calhoun

Answer 25

Major American politician who served as US Vice President, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and in both houses of Congress.

Question 26

Nationalism

Answer 26

Loyalty and devotion to one's nation

Question 27

Interchangeable Parts

Answer 27

Popularized by Eli Whitney, identical components of firearms

Question 28

Mass Production

Answer 28

Production of Goods in large numbers through machinery and assembly lines

Question 29

Cotton Gin

Answer 29

machine invented in 1793 to separate the cotton fiber from its hard shell