Unit #6 – Nationalism vs. Sectionalism
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your Social Studies notebook:
1) American System: Henry Clay’s federal program
designed to stimulate the economy with internal
improvements and create a self-sufficient nation.
2) Industrial Revolution: The time period in the
United States when people began to rely on
machines to produce materials and factories and
cities began to grow throughout the nation.
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3) Agricultural Revolution: A movement in the
American South to use farm machinery more
than manual labor to produce more
agricultural products.
4) Eli Whitney: Inventor who patented the idea
for interchangeable parts and the cotton gin.
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5) Nat Turner Rebellion: Leader of the most famous
slave rebellion in U.S. History. He and his men
killed over 50 white men, women, and children.
This caused slave codes to be passed in all
southern states.
6) Frederick Douglass: Runaway slave who became
the voice of the Abolition Movement. He wrote
and published his autobiography which became
the best primary source of the slave experience
of the time.
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7) Jacksonian Democracy: Andrew Jackson and his followers’
political philosophy concerned with the interests of the
common people and limiting the role of the federal
government.
8) Spoils System: Practice of the political party in power giving
jobs and appointments to it supporters rather that to
people based on their qualifications.
9) Suffrage: The right to vote.
10) Tariff of Abominations: 1828 protective tariff, it was
named this by its Southern opponents.
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11) Abolitionist Movement: A movement that called for
the immediate end of slavery in every state where it
existed.
12) Temperance Movement: A reform movement aimed at
stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it.
13) Seneca Falls Convention: The first women’s rights
convention held in the United States.
14) Second Great Awakening: Religious revival movement
in the second half of the 1800s that was characterized
by emotional camp meetings that lasted for days.
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15) Horace Mann: Pioneer of the education reform
movement. He began comprehensive public schools,
teacher training, and a board of education.
16) Trail of Tears: The forced march of the Cherokee
Indians to move west of the Mississippi to Oklahoma
Territory.
17) Women’s Movement: Movement beginning in the
mid-1800s that sought greater rights and opportunities
for women.