| Term | Definition |
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nationalism |
extreme love of country instead of region/state/city |
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sectionalism |
extreme love of surrounding area instead of country as a whole |
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monroe doctrine |
americas are no longer open to colonization by foreign powers |
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missouri compromise |
missouri admitted as slave state, maine as free state, 36 30 parallel created |
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industrial revolution |
modernization, switch from hand to machines, from skilled laborers to unskilled |
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domestic policy |
policy within country |
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foreign policy |
policy dealing with other countries |
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nullification crisis |
issue over states' rights to nullification |
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tariffs |
taxes |
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cotton gin |
made refining cotton easier |
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know-nothings |
anti-slavery group which claimed no knowledge when asked about their activities |
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reform |
change in way of life |
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tenements |
poor workers' housing |
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urbanization |
gradual shift from country to city |
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seneca falls convention |
first women's rights conference |
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abolition |
anti-slavery cause |
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Nat Turner |
let a bloody slaves rebellion |
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underground railroad |
stops/roads slaves used to escape to the north |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
formed first group that wanted to get rid of slavery, anti-slavery society |
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Fredrick Douglass |
escaped slave who became spokesman for abolitionists' cause |