American History One Noles – Flashcards
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Nationalism
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love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
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Sectionalism
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Loyalty to a region
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Adams-Onís Treaty
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Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States
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Monroe Doctrine
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an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
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Missouri Compromise
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Settled the conflict that had arisen from Missouri's application for statehood
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Jacksonian Democracy
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A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme.
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Spoils System
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A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
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Indian Removal Act
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law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
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Trail of Tears
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the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma
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states' rights
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the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
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seceded
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to break away
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Nulification
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states could refuse to obey federal laws that they believe are unconstitutional
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Industrial Revolution
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the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
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Lowell Girls
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name given to women who worked in Lowell textile mills
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Erie Canal
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an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo
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Cotton Gin
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A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
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King Cotton
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the South's plan to withhold cotton from the world market in order to get European help
