Mr. Maas 3-11-11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Manifest Destiny | the belief that the U.S. should extend all the way to the pacific ocean |
| State Rights | the right of states to limit the power of the federal government |
| Secede | to leave or withdraw |
| John C. Calhoun | Vice-President and congressional leader from South Carolina resigned in 1833 |
| Daniel Webster | was a U.S. senator that was anti-states rights |
| spoils system | practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs |
| american system | a plan purposed by Henry Clay, to use tax money to pay for inferstructer |
| dumping | selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market |
| sectional difference | issue divided by parts of the country |
| kitchen cabinet | a group of unofficial advisers to Andrew Jackson who met with him in the WHite House kitchen |
| monroe doctrine | an American foreign policy opposing interference in the western hemisphere from outside powers |
| indian removal act | Law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River |
| trails of tears | The forced march in 1838 of the Cherokee Indians form their homelands in Georgia to the Indian Territory in the War |
| whigs | anti-government political party |
| annex | to add on |
| nativists | people who wanted to preserve the country for white, American-born protestants |
| temperance | restraint or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food |
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