The Telegraph & Cotton Gin

1. The system of owning people as property and forcing them to work without pay.
3. The political philosophy associated with President Andrew Jackson, emphasizing the idea of greater democracy for the common man.
4. Factors that encourage people to leave one place (push) or attract them to another (pull).
6. | A way of producing goods on a large-scale using machines and assembly lines, often in factories.
7. A conflict between the United States and Mexico in the mid-19th century over territorial disputes.
9. | Advancements and improvements in technology, such as the invention of the telegraph and steam-powered transportation.
11. The movement of people into the United States during the period before the Civil War.
14. An agreement designed to maintain a balance between slave and free states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
15. The movement of people from one place to another, often for better opportunities or living conditions.
16. Taking over and adding territory to a country, either peacefully or by war.

2. The act of rewarding loyal supporters with jobs in the government.
5. Supporting your part (section) of the country as the most important, rather than the country as a whole.
7. The belief that the expansion of the United States across the continent was both justified and inevitable.
8. Social and political movements aimed at making positive changes in American society before the Civil War.
10. The movement of Americans and their culture toward the western frontier.
12. The movement of people within a country.
13. The people who work, especially the physical and mental effort used to produce goods.