United States History, 1800-1848

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  1. 3. the act of taking men into a military or naval force by compulsion
  2. 5. this group of people immigrated to America because of a potato famine
  3. 8. a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas
  4. 9. Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S.soldiers in the disputed zone under the command of General Zachary Taylor, killing about a dozen. They then laid siege to an American fort along the Rio Grande
  5. 11. served as United States Secretary of War and United States Secretary of the Treasury before running for president in the 1824 election
  6. 12. war between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815
  7. 13. purchase by the United States from France of the huge Louisiana Territory in 1803
  8. 15. first women's rights convention in the United States
  9. 16. a Native American Shawnee warrior and chief, who became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy in the early 19th century
  10. 18. belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
  11. 20. expansion of the marketplace prompted mainly by the construction of new roads and canals to connect distant communities together
  12. 21. a state has the right to nullify any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional with respect to the United States Constitution
  13. 22. term used in politics for someone favouring war
  14. 24. an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States
  15. 25. first Vice President and second President of the United States
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  1. 1. Founding Father who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States
  2. 2. system consisted of three mutually reenforcing parts: a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture
  3. 4. known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience"
  4. 6. series of meetings in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812
  5. 7. Famous as the “Great Pacificator” for his contributions to domestic policy, appointed Secretary of State by President John Quincy Adams
  6. 10. belief that divinity pervades all nature and humanity
  7. 14. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
  8. 17. an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall
  9. 19. a general embargo enacted by the United States Congress against Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars
  10. 23. an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, and the seventh Vice President of the United States