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| 7273571240 | Northwest Ordinance | Outlined method for territories to become states. |  | 0 |
| 7273651042 | President Jefferson | Third president of the United States. Responsible for the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition. |  | 1 |
| 7273651043 | Louisiana Purchase | Land purchase from France that nearly doubled the size of the United States |  | 2 |
| 7273652461 | Lewis & Clark | explored newly purchased Louisiana. Were charged with finding a water route to the Pacific. |  | 3 |
| 7273653770 | War of 1812 | war between United States and Great Britain. Referred to as the second war for independence. Fought over shipping rights. |  | 4 |
| 7273653771 | impressment | forcing of US sailors to serve in the British navy. |  | 5 |
| 7273654961 | embargo | Jefferson's attempt to not trade with Great Britain and France. Damaged the US economy. |  | 6 |
| 7273654962 | nationalism | an over enthusiastic and unconditional support for one's nation and government. |  | 7 |
| 7273654963 | Treaty of Ghent | ended war of 1812. Signed before the battle of New Orleans. |  | 8 |
| 7273656105 | Monroe Doctrine | The idea put forth by President James Monroe that the United States were responsible for the affairs in the Americas and that Europe no longer had a say in American affairs. |  | 9 |
| 7273656106 | Erie Canal | series canals connecting the Great Lakes to the Hudson River. Largely responsible for the emergence of New York as a highly important port city. |  | 10 |
| 7273657106 | Industrial Revolution | economic boom that was aided with the invention of the steam engine, the loom, and light bulb. However, many people lived in poverty and cities struggled to keep up with the growing populations. |  | 11 |
| 7273657107 | Eli Whitney | inventor of the cotton gin |  | 12 |
| 7273657108 | Cotton gin | invention that made the cleaning of cotton more efficient. This gave cotton new life as a cash crop, thus extending the demand for slaves. |  | 13 |
| 7273658210 | interchangeable parts | this meant broken parts on equipment could be changed out instead of fashioned by a blacksmith. If a machine broke it was now easier to fix and time out of operation was kept to a minimum. |  | 14 |
| 7273658211 | manifest destiny | the idea that it was America's destiny to colonize the west. |  | 15 |
| 7273659249 | temperance | the movement to prohibit the consumption of alcohol |  | 16 |
| 7273659250 | abolitionism | movement to end slavery |  | 17 |
| 7273659251 | Horace Mann | promoted the idea of free public education |  | 18 |
| 7273660333 | suffrage | the movement to five women the right to vote. |  | 19 |
| 7273662348 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | organizer and founder of the Seneca Falls convention. |  | 20 |
| 7273662349 | Seneca Falls Convention | can be considered the beginning of the women's suffrage movement. Seneca Falls, New York. |  | 21 |
| 7273664123 | Jacksonian Democracy | term given to Jackson's presidency that encouraged the common man to become involved in politics. The idea of universal male suffrage was emerging. |  | 22 |
| 7273664124 | Spoils system | method of awarding followers political positions. | 23 | |
| 7273665346 | Indian Removal Act | Jackson's removal of Native Americans from their lands in the eastern United States to reservations in Oklahoma and other western territories. |  | 24 |
| 7273665347 | Nat Turner | Virginia slave that led a rebellion against white slave owners. The murderous rebellion is considered by some to be responsible for increased harsh treatment of slaves. |  | 25 |
| 7273666398 | William Lloyd Garrison | abolitionist and publisher of the Liberator; a paper that promoted the abolition of slavery |  | 26 |
| 7273666399 | Frederick Douglas | freed slave that became educated and was a force in the abolition movement. wrote an autobiography |  | 27 |
| 7273668126 | Grimke sisters | sisters who owned slaves and realized the evils of slavery. Became abolitionists and suffragists. |  | 28 |
| 7273668127 | Missouri Compromise | admitted Maine as a free state and admitted Missouri as slave states but drew the line at the 36-30 line to determine which territories would allow slaves in the future. |  | 29 |
| 7273669653 | state's rights | the belief that a state had the right to determine their own laws. In regards to the civil war, slavery was a common state's rights issue. | 30 | |
| 7273669654 | nullification crisis | the idea that the states had the right to nullify or cancel a federal law that they deemed unconstitutional. |  | 31 |
| 7273671196 | John C. Calhoun | South Carolina Statesman and Vice-President that supported slavery and nullification. |  | 32 |
| 7273675282 | sectionalism | Sectionalism in 1800s America refers to the different lifestyles, social structures, customs, and political values of the North and the South |  | 33 |
| 7273675283 | Mexican War | War between the United States and Mexico. 1845-46. |  | 34 |
| 7273676912 | Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo | Treat that ended the Mexican American war. Gave the US what is now Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and part of New Mexico and Colorado. |  | 35 |
| 7273678133 | Wilmot Proviso | proposed an American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was on e of the events that lead to the Civil War. |  | 36 |
| 7273679443 | Compromise of 1850 | California was admitted as a free state, with its current boundaries. The South prevented adoption of the Wilmot Proviso that would have outlawed slavery in the new territories, and the new Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory were allowed, under popular sovereignty, to decide whether to allow slavery in their borders. |  | 37 |
| 7273683590 | Fugitive Slave Act | penalized northern officials who did not aid in the apprehension of escaped slaves. It also prevented a slave from being able to testify on their own behalf. Anyone aiding an escaped slave could be jailed and fined. |  | 38 |
| 7383897005 | precedent | a standard for how things should be done set by a political figure |  | 39 |
| 7383903537 | executive cabinet | the advisers to the president. |  | 40 |
| 7383913973 | Whiskey Rebellion | 1794 protest of farmers in Pennsylvania against taxes on liquor made and sold in the U.S. |  | 41 |
| 7383927911 | Democratic Republicans | former anti-Federalists | | 42 |
| 7383935436 | loose/srtict construction | two ways the Constitution can be interpreted | 43 | |
| 7383948583 | Alexander Hamilton | established the federal banking system |  | 44 |
| 7383952478 | Federalist | supported a stronger central government |  | 45 |
| 7383957561 | Alien Sedition Acts | was to prevent rebellious behavior towards government - result of XYZ Affair |  | 46 |
| 7383962969 | The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | politcal statements that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional |  | 47 |
| 7384000757 | Election of 1800 | Peaceful transfer of power from one party to another |  | 48 |
| 7384005155 | James Madison | 4th President War of 1812 Democratic-Republican |  | 49 |
| 7384014671 | Battle of Fort McHenry | British attack Baltimore after burning DC. Francis Scott Key wrote star spangled banner from aboard a british ship during the bombing of the fort. |  | 50 |
| 7384025742 | Battle of New Orleans | Made Andrew Jackson a hero and was the last major conflict of the War of 1812 |  | 51 |
| 7384030462 | James Monroe | President whose personal popularity contributed to the Era of Good Feelings Monroe Doctrine |  | 52 |
| 7384039064 | Andrew Jackson | first modern democrat president, extended power to the common man 7th President |  | 53 |
| 7384045799 | Nullification Crisis | argument between South Carolina (state gov't) and federal gov't power and taxes | | 54 |
| 7384055241 | Worcester V Georgia | the supreme court upheld the rights of the Cherokee to their tribal lands. Andrew Jackson removed the Cherokee regardless of the Supreme Court's ruling. (disregarded checks and balances) |  | 55 |
| 7384061677 | Sectionalism | Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole | | 56 |
| 7384073043 | Henry Clay | Persuaded Congress to adopt the Missouri Compromise |  | 57 |
| 7384082143 | American System | A plan introduced in 1815 to make the United States economically self-sufficient. Taxed imports, built infrastructure, developed national bank system. | 58 | |
| 7384087929 | Second Great Awakening | a widespread religious movement in the United States in the early 1800s |  | 59 |
| 7384096898 | Declaration of Sentiments | declaration signed by 100 people at Seneca Falls in favor of women's rights |  | 60 |
