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Chapter 9 & 10 Vocab
Vocabulary for Chapter's 9 & 10
Term | Definition |
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Artisans | Skilled, experienced craft workers that produced goods by hand. |
Putting-Out-System | Work is contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who complete the work in off site facilities. |
Labor Theory of Value | The value of a product should accurately reflect the labor needed to produce it. |
Working Men's Party | Lodged a radical protest against the exploration of workers that accompanied industrialization. |
Land Offices | Created to handle the sales of the Land Law and establish them in the West within easy reach of prospective land owners. |
Steamship Engine | A device that used paddle wheels to travel 150 miles in record time. |
Cotton Gin | Hand crank device that separated seeds from cotton. |
Cumberland Road | Road from Maryland to Illinois. |
Erie Canal | Canal linking the Hudson River route from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. |
Free Moral Agency | Anyone could change their life and bring about their own salvation. |
Code of Deference | The practice of showing respect for individuals who had distinguished themselves through military accomplishments, educational attainment, business success, or family pedigree. |
Universal Manhood Suffrage | Voting rights for all white male adults. |
Spoils System | Rewarding party loyalists. |
Tariff of Abominations | Clear evidence that the government favored one region. |
Nullification | The voiding of unwelcome federal laws. |
Five Civilized Tribes | The Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Cherokee. |
Tyranny of the Majority | Overpowered the will of minorities and individuals. |
Second Party System | System in which the older Federalist & Democratic Republican Parties had been replaced by the Democratic and Whig Parties. |
Log Cabin Campaign | A slur created by Democrats that the Whigs used to their advantage. |
Kitchen Cabinet | Presidential supporters that highlighted the importance of party loyalty to Jackson and the Democratic Party. |