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