US History – Chapter 7 Vocabulary

production of goods in large quantities

social and economic change from agricultural society to large-scale production through machines

machine invented by Eli Whitney to clean the seeds out of cotton

Large man-made canal built to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

First interstate road built in 1811 from Maryland to Illinois

Economic plan of Henry Clay supporting transportation system, a protective tariff, and a national bank

Tariff issued after the War of 1812 to discourage Americans from buying foreign products and encourage them to buy goods made in American factories

Supreme court case that resulted in the decision that a state could not overturn laws passed by Congress and that the National Bank was constitutional

belief that national interest should be placed ahead of regional concerns

Agreement with Spain to give Florida to the United States and give up claims to Oregon Territory

Foreign policy against European colonization in the Americas

Series of agreements which resulted in Missouri admission as a slave state and Maine as a free state as well as the division of the Louisiana Purchase into free territory and slave territory along the southern border of Missouri (36 parallel)

Political party formed by Andrew Jackson to appeal to the needs of the common man

The practice of winning presidents to give political positions in their administration to their friends

Law that provided funds to negotiate treaties with Native Americans to move west

The route along which the United States government forced several tribes of Native Americans

the philosophy that questions the right of the federal government to make certain laws for states

Political party formed against Andrew Jackson that supported the national bank and the American system