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Term Definition
nationalism country before region
sectionalism region before country
Monroe Doctrine forbidded any further colonization of the U.S. by other countries
Missouri Compromise agreement Maine would enter the union as a free state and Missouri would enter as a slave state
Industrial Age period where the use of and prodction of machines increased
domestic policy policies which refer to events within the country
foreign policy how the country deals with other countries
nullification crisis states have the right to reject federal law
tariff tax on imported items
cotton gin revolutionized farming techniques
know-nothing a group who came to be known as the american party
reform improve
tenement housing for immigrants
urbanization city-like
seneca falls 1st national women's rights convention
abolition eliminate
Nat Turner deadliest slave revolt in American history
underground railroad helped slaves escape to the north for freedom
William Lloyd Garrison founded the American Anti-Slavery Society
Fredrick Douglass an escaped slave who after becoming free spoke out against slavery and the horrors
manifest destiny belief the US should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean
annexation end
compromise of 1850 allowed CA to enter union as a free state and the 2 mexican territories to vote on whther to be a slave state
fugitive slavery act a law that made it against the law to help a runaway slave
popular sovereignty residents vote
kansa-nebraska act law allowing kansa and nebraska to chose whther to be a slave or free state
lincoln- douglas debates debates over becoming the senator to rep Illinois
jefferson davis
expansion develop
bleeding kansas ????
dred scott decision decide a slave who has lived on free land is still property of former slave owner
john brown a hero in the north who tried to stop slavery
lower south for slavery!
fort sumter began the civil war
border states part of the confederacy but still had slavery
emancipation proclamation freed slaves in areas rebeling against the Union
andrew johnson vice president to Lincoln
13th amendment ban slavery in theUS
Sherman's March to the sea made it illegal to own monopolies or put restraint on free trade

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Created October 10, 2007
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mmarshall : urbanization?
mmarshall : abolition?
mmarshall : annexation?
mmarshall : jefferson davis?
mmarshall : expansion?
mmarshall : bleeding kansas
mmarshall : unacceptable definitions. Use your book not a dictionary!
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  1. Industrial Age → period where the use of and prodction of machines increased - 1 miss
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  4. seneca falls → 1st national women's rights convention - 1 miss
  5. William Lloyd Garrison → founded the American Anti-Slavery Society - 1 miss
  6. manifest destiny → belief the US should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean - 1 miss
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