SS chapters 10 & 11 vocab

cotton gin

machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber

factory system

systems bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency

free enterprise

the freedom of private businesses to operate completely for profit with minimal government regulation

canal

an artificial waterway

state sovereignty

the concept that states have the right to govern themselves independent of the federal government

patent

document that gives an inventor the sole legal right to an invention for a period of time

capital

money for investment

census

official count of population

turnpike

a road that one must pay to use; the money is used to pay for the road

capitalism

an economic system based on private property and free enterprise

interchangeable parts

uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces

American system

policies devised by Henry Clay to stimulate the growth of industry

lock

in a canal, an enclosure with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level

sectionalism

loyalty to a region

laissez-faire

policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation’s economy

guerilla tactics

referring to surprise attacks or raids relocate rather than organized warfare

nullify

to cancel or make ineffective

caucus

a meeting held by a political party to choose their party’s candidate for

majority

more than half

depression

period of low economic activity

relocate

to force a person or group of people to move

tariff

a tax on imports or exports

spoils system

The practice of handing government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters

veto

to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

secede

to leave or withdraw

nominating convetnion

A system in which delegates from the states selected the party’s presidential candidate

plurality

the largest single share

ancestral land

land owner by a family that is passes from generation to generation

mudslinging

attempt to ruin an opponent’s reputation with insults