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corini vocab 4
Question | Answer |
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American System | mercantilist economic plan based on the "American School" ideas of Alexander Hamilton, expanded upon later by Friedrich List, consisting of a high tariff to support internal improvements such as road-building |
Interchangeable Parts | parts that are for practical purposes identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any device of the same type |
Indian Removal act 1830 | emigrated thousands of indians deeper into the western territory part of a United States government policy known as Indian removal, was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson |
Trail Of Tears | the relocation and movement of Native Americans, including many members of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw nations among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) in the Western United States |
Webster | Secretary of State, negotiated Webster-Ashburton Treaty that established eastern border between the United States and Canada. |
Tariff Of Abominations 1828 | designed to protect industry in the northern United States, greatly affected southern economy. |
Whig | people who opposed president Andrew Jackson's policies |
Martin Van Buren | 8th president |
John Quincy Adams | 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams |
Missouri Compromise 1820 | agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories |