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7963490581suffragethe right to vote in political elections0
7963492747andrew jacksongeneral and political leader, war of 1812, he defeated british in battle of new orleans1
7963495523whigsmembers of the british reforming and constitutional party that sought supremacy of parliament2
7963501143second national banksecond federally authorized hamiltonian national bank in the u.s3
7963506042tariff of abominationsprotective tariff passed by the congress of the u.s4
7963511509second great awakeningprotestant religious revival during early 19th century5
7963515177romanticismmovement in the arts and literature that originted in the late 18th century6
7963521131temperanceabstinence from alcoholic drink7
7963527484seneca falls conventionfirst women's rights convention8
7963529654marbury vs. madisona case decided by the supreme court under chief justice john marshall9
7963532938jacksonian democratsmovement for more democracy10
7963534882henry claywhig political leader known for his efforts to keep the u.s one nation despite controversy over slavery11
7963544576internal improvementsterm used historically in the u.s for public works12
7963550426market revolutionhistorical models which argues that there was a drastic change of the economy13
7963552749utopian movementsimagined community or society that possesses highly desirable quantities for its citizens14
7963558165perfectionismrefusal to accept any standard sort of perfection15
7963561766gradual emancipationone of the first attempts by a gov't in the u.s to begin abolition of slavery16
7963566150john marshallamerican politician17
7963570538william lloyd garrisonprominent american abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer18
7963573867henry david thoreauamerican essayist, poet, philosopher, and historian19
7963578069frederick douglassabolitionist20
7963580126joseph smithreligious leader who founded mormon church21
7963589566interchangeable partsmade to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type22
7963601662american systemhe policy of promoting industry in the U.S. by adoption of a high protective tariff23
7963603858lowell girlsyoung female workers who came to work in industrial corporations in Lowell24
7963603859separate spherespublic dichotomy is an ideology25
7963603860cotton gina machine for separating cotton from its seeds26
7963605754erie canalcanal in New York27
7963655096louisiana purchaseacquisition of the Louisiana territory28
7963658135missouri compromisesettlement of a dispute between slave and free states29
7963658136indian removal actlaw authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands30
7963658137monroe doctrineoriginated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US31
7963660533trail of tearsroute along which the United States government forced several tribes of Native Americans to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River32

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