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American History
Ch.5,6 &7 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue Tariff | A tax on imports to raise money. |
| Protective Tariff | A tax on imports to protect American Factories. |
| Free Enterprise System | Private businesses can operate for profit without strict government control. |
| Interchangeable Parts | Uniform pieces made in large quantities. |
| Labor Union | Organization formed to protect rights of workers. |
| Strike | Refusing to work until demands are met by employer. |
| Cotton Gin | A machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber. |
| Suffrage | The right to vote. |
| Yeoman Farmers | "Ordinary Farmers"- owns and cultivates a small farm. |
| Task System | Method to organize enslaved workers to complete specific jobs every day. |
| Spoils System | Giving people government jobs based on their party loyalty. |
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri is slave state. Maine is free state. No new slave states north of Missouri's state border. |
| Favorite Sons | Politicians that enjoy the support from leaders in their own state and region. |
| Corrupt Bargain | Unlawful agreement between politicians. |
| Mudslinging | Attempt to ruin an opponent's reputation or image with insults. |
| Alamo | War between Texans & Mexico that resulted in all Texans fighting to be killed. "Fought until the last man standing." |
| Nationalism | Loyalty & devotion to a nation, "National Pride" |
| Nat Turner | Enslaved Preacher who led rebellion that killed 50 Virginians. |
| Nativism | Hostility toward immigrants. |
| Utopia | Community based on a vision of a perfect society. |
| Romanticism | Literary, artistic movement that emphasized the imagination, emotions and individual above society. |
| Transcendentalism | Belief system in which followers thought they could rise above material things. |
| Benevolent Societies | Association focusing on spreading the word of God and combating social problems. |
| Temperance | Moderation in consuming alcohol. |
| Mormon Migration | Group in search for religious freedom. Moved to the Great Salt Lake (Utah) |
| Gradualism | Theory that slavery should be ended gradually (slowly) |
| Emancipation | Act or process of freeing enslaved persons. |
| Abolition | Immediate ending of slavery. |
| Squatter | Someone who settles on public land that they do not own. |
| Overlander | People who travel to the west. |
| Secularize | Transfer the use or possession from church to civil authority. |
| Whigs | Political party who opposed Andrew Jackson. |
| Dorthea Dix | Woman who led change in the prison & treatment of mentally ill. |
| Frederick Douglas | Escaped slavery, published anti-slavery newspaper. |
| Henry Clay | Hated by Jackson, accused of striking a "corrupt bargain" with John Quincy Adams. |
| Andrew Jackson | Represented the common man, strong presidential figure. |
| Manifest Destiny | Idea that God wants Americans to settle western lands. |
| Sectionalism | Someone's loyalty to their own region or section of the country. |
| Great Awakening | Reviving American's commitment to religion. Held camps and meetings. |
| Bank Battle | President Jackson vs. National Bank. Jackson ended up destroying this by stopping deposits & denying renewal of charter. |
| Indian Removal | Made all Native Americans move to Oklahoma. |
| Plantation Owners | Owned 20 or more slaves. |
| Slavery Resistance | Slowing of work by breaking tools, setting houses or barns on fire. |
| Industrial Revolution | Invention of machines, factories and interchangeable parts. |
| New Transportation | Roads, Steamboats, Canals & Railroads. |
| Economic Nationalism | Creation of 2nd National Bank, Tariffs on imports and new canals & roads that brought the nation together. |
| Women's Movement | Group that fought for the right to vote, hold property in their name and said their rights were similar to slaves. |
| Immigration | Majority of this group came from Ireland & Germany. |
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