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Compromise | when two sides come to an agreement in which both sides give up part of what they want in exchange for getting other things they wanted . There are several examples of working compromises that avoided arguments and division in the U.S. such as the |
Era of Good Feelings | a time of prosperity in the United States |
The American System | a plan to make the United States more independent and to build infrastructure using loans made by the new Second Bank of the United States |
Erie Canal | a man-made ‘river’ that connected the Great Lakes to New York ; dramatically increased movement of manufactured goods to the West and agricultural products to the East more quickly and cheaply, people could also travel |
Nationalism | the idea that a person belongs to a nation before any other political area |
Sectionalism | the belief that the region of a country is more important than tithe country as a whole |
Missouri Compromise | an agreement between northern and southern states that stated that all new states admitted to the Union after 1820 would be free states if they were above the imaginary line drawn @ 36 30” |
Monroe Doctrine | a statement by the United States that told European countries to stay out of the Western Hemisphere and the United States would be the guardian of the area; a change from Washington’s foreign policy |
Free Enterprise System | an economic system that allows people to create businesses without much government control; businesses are allowed to succeed or fail based on whether consumers (buyers) like what they sell and they price at which they sell it. |