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Unit 4 Vocab Flashcards

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“Cult of Domesticity”

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Women= stay at home and no work outside of home

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2nd Great Awakening

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Religious movement which led to reform movements designed to remedy the evils of society.

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Whig Party

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Formed against Andrew Jackson. Liked bank of US, liked high tariffs and they wanted social reform.

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Samuel Slater

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“Father of American Industrial Revolution”

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Force Bill

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Authorized Jackson to use the army and navy to collect duties on the tariffs.

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Commonwealth v. Hunt

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Established that labor unions were legal

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Neal Dow (Maine Law)

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Mayor of Portland, ME and sponsored the Maine Law, also known as “Father of Prohibition”

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Charles River Bridge case

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Demonstrated that a contract could be broken to benefit general welfare

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Alexis de Tocqueville

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French, his book discusses the advantage of democracy and consequences of the majority’s unlimited power

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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

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Treaty between US and UK, agreed neither country would try to get rights to a canal across the Isthmus of Panama

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The “gag rule”

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Prohibited all discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives

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Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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Banned slave trade on the ocean and resolved border issues between the US and the British North American colonies

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Aroostook War

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Boundary dispute between the US and Canada

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Rush-Bagot treaty

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Demilitarization of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain

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Perfectionism

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Americans believed perfection could be achieved so they did movements to make America perfect (ex. prison reform and temperance)

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Prigg v. Pennsylvania

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Ruled that states don’t have to enforce the return of fugitive slaves

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Era of Good Feeling

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Name of president Monroe’s two terms:

period of strong nationalism, economic growth, etc.

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Jacksonian Democracy

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The idea of spreading political power to the people, ensuring majority rule, "common man"
#spoilssystem #democrat #commonman #executivepower
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Henry Clay

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Supporter of the American System, senator from KY , a war hawk, known as the “Great Compromiser”

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“nullification crisis”

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Declared federal tariffs were unconstitutional which made them “null and void” to SC

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John C. Calhoun

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VP under Andrew Jackson; he was an advocate of free trade, states’ rights, limited gov., and nullification

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Erie Canal

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Connected the Hudson River and the Great Lakes (1825)

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National Road

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First national road building project funded by Congress

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Maysville Road veto

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Bill that was vetoed because Jackson because he disliked Clay

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Monroe Doctrine

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Europe shouldn’t interfere in affairs within the US or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere

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Noah Webster

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Most famous for his dictionary that standardized the US lang. in the US and the “Schoolmaster of the Republic.”

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Nat Turner

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Led the most famous slave revolt in US history

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Transcendentalism

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Like to live a simple life and find nature

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“pet banks”

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State banks where Andrew Jackson put deposits to avoid the national banks

30
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The Bank War

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Jackson wanted to destroy the second bank in the US

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Spoils System

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Allowed men to buy their way into presidential office

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Hayne-Webster debate

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Argument between Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne about states’ right versus national power

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Eli Whitney

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Made the cotton gin

34
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Cotton gin

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Removed seeds from the cotton

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Mormons (migration)

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They were persecuted and migrated to western states

36
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Horace Mann

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Developed public schools

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Seneca Falls Convention

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Launched the women suffrage movement

38
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Dorothea Dix

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Spoke against inhumane treatment of insane prisoners

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Lowell, MA

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Factory town (Lowell Girls)

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Texas Revolution

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War between Texas settlers who tried to crush the Texas revolt

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James K. Polk

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President who was an opponent of manifest destiny, democrat

42
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Bear Flag Revolt

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American settlers in CA vs Mexicans, made CA a state

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Mexican Cession

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Historical name for the region of the Southwestern US that was ceded to the US by Mexico

44
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Gadsden Purchase

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The land the US bought create AZ and NM and was wanted to build a railroad

45
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Missouri Compromise

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Missouri= slave state 
Maine= free state
46
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Indian Removal Act

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Let Andrew Jackson negotiate land-exchange treaties w/ tribes living east of Miss.

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American System

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Policy of promoting industry in the US by adoption of a high protective tariff and developing internal improvements (a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals)

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Specie Circular

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Meant to stop land speculation caused by states printing paper money w/o proper specie (silver and gold)

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Manifest Destiny

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Many Americans felt that the US should expand from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean and thought they had a god-given right to the land

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Nativism

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Favoring natives rather than immigrants

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Know-Nothing Party

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Objection was to extend period of nationalization and keep illegal aliens out of the country

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