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Chapter 7
Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Revenue tariffs | provided income for the federal government. |
| Protective tariffs | were designed to nurture American manufacturers by taxing imports to drive up their prices. |
| The Era of Good Feelings | was the name given to the Monroe presidency. The US had a sense of national pride, and faced no major political or foreign problems. National politics had reached a new high mostly because only one major political party – the Republicans – had any power |
| John C. Calhoun | of South Carolina introduced a bill proposing the Second Bank of the United States. |
| John Marshall | Between 1816-1824, Chief Justice ruled in 3 cases that established the power of the federal government over the states. |
| Kinache | was the Seminole leader. |
| Adams – Onis Treaty | made Spain give US all of Florida. It also finalized western border of the Louisiana Purchase. |
| Quadruple Alliance | was formed by Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. They wanted to stop movements against monarchies in Europe. They also proposed to help Spain. |
| Interchangeable parts | were created by machines that turned out large quantities of identical pieces that workers assembled into finished weapons. |
| Labor unions | concentrated on shorter workdays, more pay, and safer conditions. |
| strike | a work stoppage |
| National Road | a Major east-west highway |
| Robert Fulton | designed the Clermont steamboat |
| Industrial Revolution | consisted of manufacturing shifting form hand tools to large, complex machines; skilled artisans gave way to workers, organized by specific tasks; factories replaced home-based workshops; manufacturers sold goods nationwide or abroad instead of just local |
| Francis C. Lowell | opened a series of mills in Massachusetts. |
| Eli Whitney | developed the idea for interchangeable parts |
| Samuel F.B. Morse | perfected the telegraph. He also developed Morse code for sending messages. |
| cotton gin | a device built by Eli Whitney used to remove seeds from cotton. |
| planter | at the top of the society in the South. They owned the region’s larger plantations |
| Yeomen farmers | these farmers and their families made up the vast majority of the white population; the middle class. |
| Slave codes | forbade enslaved men and women from owning property or leaving a slaveholder’s premises without permission. |
| task system | workers were given specific jobs each day. Once they were done, they were free for the day. Slaves had more independence and less intense punishment. |
| gang system | workers were put in gangs to work from sunup to sundown. Drivers were put in charge of gangs. They had very intense punishment |
| Drivers | placed in charge of gangs. |
| Frederick Douglass | rose from slavery to become a prominent leader of the anti-slavery movement. |
| Denmark Vesey | was a freeman in South Carolina who was accused of planning a revolt to free locals. Before the revolt was carried out, Vesey was tried, convicted and hanged. |
| Nat Turner | believed that God chose him to kill more than 50 white men, women, and children. He was caught, tried and convicted. |
| “Favorite sons” | men who enjoyed the support of leaders from their own state and region. |
| “corrupt bargain” | an illegitimate agreement between politicians |
| Mudslinging | where candidates criticized each other’s personalities and morals. |
| Missouri Compromise | stated that Main would enter as a free state and Missouri would enter as a slave state. Slavery would be banned above the 36’30 parallel. |
| Henry Clay | introduced the Missouri Compromise. He also ran for president in 1824. |
| William Crawford | ran for president on the principle of states’ rights and strict interpretation of the Constitution. |
| American System | included the National Bank, the protective tariff, and nationwide internal improvements. |
| Democratic-Republicans | the name given to Jackson’s supporters to stress their differences with the party of John Quincy Adams. |