ss nationalism to sectionalism vocab

Nationalism

Love for and loyalty to one’s country

Monroe doctrine

America tells other countries to stop coming to America without permission in 1823

American system

A program by Henry Clay in attempt to make America more self-sufficient by making tariffs and railroads

National Road

The road built in the early 1800s financed By America that cut through the Appalachian mountains in which it is Our countries first main east west route

Erie Canal

A canal that connected Albany to Buffalo

Industrial revolution

A change in how people lived, worked and used the resources around them

Textile

Woven fabrics or pieces of cloth

Standardization

The practice of using interchangeable parts because all products are the same size

Soil exhaustion

The overuse of fertile soil

Cotton gin

A machine designed to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber, invented by Eli Whitney

Sectionalism

Loyalty to one’s part of their country

Missouri compromise

In order to keep Congress, balanced, Missouri is kept as a slave state and Maine is a free state. America forbids slavery north of the southern border of Missouri.

Spoils system

The practice of giving government jobs to political supporters

Credit

To pay for something overtime, Instead of all at once

Nullify

A rejection or to cancel out

Secede

To withdraw from the Union

Inflation

A rise in the prices of goods

Panic

An economic crisis

Depression

A period of deep economic hardship

Prejudice

An unfair opinion formed without facts

Rehabilitate

To help a prisoner return to a normal, useful life

Temperance

Refusal to drink alcoholic beverages

Caucus

A meeting of important members of a political party

Abolitionist

A person who wants to end slavery

Suffrage

The right to vote