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US Box Quiz 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Henry Clay | developed the American System, war hawk, worked on the Missouri Compromise, 3 time loser at running for President |
| Fletcher v. Peck | Supreme Court case stating that the federal government can rule a state law unconstitutional |
| John Calhoun | devised the nullification theory which questioned the legality of applying some federal laws to the states |
| Dorothea Dix | social reformer for mental institutions (asylums) and prisons |
| Frederick Douglas | former slave and abolitionist who lived in Rochester |
| Horace Mann | education reformer |
| William Lloyd Garrison | started the abolitionist paper the Liberator and called for the immediate emancipation of all slaves |
| Emancipation | the freeing of slaves |
| Abolition | the call to outlaw slavery |
| Transcendentalism | a philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life. It was led by Ralph Waldo Emerson |