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US History Revolution/Reform 1800s

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man who symbolized the growth of the common man
Senator and orator who helped form a new political party (Whigs)
The president's chief advisers
Went from Federalists/Democrat-Republicans → Democrats/Whigs (two major political parties)
Case that created the Judicial Review(supreme court can abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional) and was judged by John Marshall
Doubled the size of the US and bought by Jefferson from Napoleon
warned European powers not to interfere with the Western Hemisphere
agreements by Clay to settle the territorial problem of territory of the slave and free states
The Cherokee were removed to the Indian Territory
prevents any branch of US govt from dominating other 2
for emancipation, anti-slavery
list of grievances for women's rights
antislavery novel that portrayed brutality of slavery
truth and nature, dignity of individual, imagination
awakened religious sentiment that encouraged believers to act on faith
African American speaker and a non-violent abolitionist
led a slave rebellion and killed 70 before getting killed
fought for women's rights, prison reform
Radical white abolitionist, writer of The Liberator
transcendentalist/philosopher that wrote Walden
expansion from sea to shining sea
government controlled by the people
Locke's life, liberty, and property
be honest, hard-working person to get ahead
set of opinions/beliefs
prospectors from California in the Gold Rush
treaty that ended US war with Mexico
invented the telegraph
invented the telephone
invented the radio
war for independence from Britain
war against Britain to provide security for American commerce
struggle between France and India
North/South secession
Shift in 18th century from making by hand to making by machine
middle US
line down lower middle
northwest US
southwest US
southwest US under Mexican Cession
Judicial review (supreme court can abolish a legislative act by declaring it unconstitutional)
wealthy and well-educated society members, did not like democratic voting rights, supported strong central government, for the Constitution
supported state's rights, opposed strong central government, against the Constitution
The Great Compromise (2-house congress to satisfy both big and small states

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