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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cotton gin | Eli Whitney,an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South |
| Steam Engine | Thomas Savery, an English inventor and engineer, born at Shilstone, a manor house near Modbury, Devon, England. He is famous for his invention of the first commercially used steam powered engine. |
| Textile Mill | Samuel Slater took his skills in designing and constructing factories to New England, and he was soon engaged in reproducing the textile mills that helped America with its own industrial revolution. |
| National Road/ Erie Canal | A National Roadconnect Cumberland, Maryland to the Ohio River. In 1811 the first contract was awarded and the first 10 miles of road built. |
| American System | Policy of promoting industry in the U.S. by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government |
| Henry Clay | American lawyer, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives |
| McCullough v. Maryland | Landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland. |
| Missouri Compromise | The compromise, devised by Henry Clay, was agreed to by the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress and passed as a law in 1820. |
| Protective Tarrifs | duty imposed on imports to raise their price, making them less attractive to consumers and thus protecting domestic industries from foreign competition. |
| Andrew Jackson | Suceed Lincoln as President |
| John Quincy Adams | He was the 6th President of the United States |
| Spoil System | political supporters by appointing them to federal offices |
| Trail of Tears | The route in which U.S government forced several tribes of Native Americans to leave |
| Worcester v Georgia | Supreme court rules that Cherokee indians keep their lands |
| Nullification | State right vs Federal power |
| Tariff of Abominations | Aids Northern Manufacturer at southern expensenes |
| Election of 1824 | final collapse of the Republican- Federalist political framework |
| Election of 1828 | Jackson elected President |
| Election of 1832 | issued the bank 20 years re-charter the national bank |
| Second National Bank | Secondly federally authorized Hamiltonian National Bank |
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