Market economy - ANSWER People buy and sell goods for money rather than
making the goods for themselves
seneca falls convention - ANSWER Women's rights convention of 1848; New
York State; Stanton and Mott; Declaration of Sentiments
indian removal act - ANSWER Clear Native Americans to the west of the
Mississippi River; A Jackson; some resistant; led to Trail of Tears
spoils system - ANSWER "Rotation in office;" Jackson; replacing federal
worker with those who supported newly elected POTUS
john marshall - ANSWER Influential SCOTUS chief justice from 1801-1835;
ruled over Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v.
Ogden
second great awakening - ANSWER Religious revivals in the U.S. in the early
1800s; revival meetings; fueled reform movements
manifest destiny - ANSWER Spread U.S. ideals and democracy across
continent; "sea to sea"; "obvious fate"
andrew jackson - ANSWER "Common man" POTUS; lost first election in
"corrupt bargain" to JQA; Trail of Tears; attack on Bank of U.S.; nullification
crisis
, popular sovereignty - ANSWER Giving the voters of a territory the choice to
be free or salve state
uncle tom's cabin - ANSWER Harriet Beecher Stowe's book about slavery; led
to more Northerner abolitionist and more Southerner hostility
fugitive slave law - ANSWER Law that required all escaped slaves to be
returned to their owners; met with Northerner hostility
dred scott decision - ANSWER SCOTS decision; slaves cannot sue for freedom
because they are not citizens; Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
john brown - ANSWER Ardent abolitionist; involved in "Bleeding Kansas" as
well as attack on federal arsenal; hero or madman?
missouri compromise - ANSWER Deal brokered by Henry Clay, 36 degrees
30'; north of line= free, south of line = slave
jefferson davis - ANSWER Confederate president
anaconda plan - ANSWER Union plan to surround the South and blockade
goods and supplies from leaving and/ or reaching the South
civil war - ANSWER War between Union and Confederates; 1861-1865; Union
wins; supposed to end slavery
abraham lincoln - ANSWER Union POTUS; first war aim to save Union, second
to free the slaves
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