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Supreme Court Case: The Cherokee Nation is sovereign, state laws cannot remove them from their land; President Jackson ignored the ruling
Worcester v. Georgia
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court responsible for the decisions of Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden, and Worcester v. Georgia
John Marshall
This immigrant group moved and settled in California; they were attracted by the gold rush and the economic boom in California
Chinese immigrants
Religious group that escaped persecution in the 1830s and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormons
California, Florida, and Texas were former colonies of this country.
Spain
To overturn a federal law (supported by John C. Calhoun)
nullify/nullification
To leave the Union and ignore the laws of the United States (South Carolina threatened to do it during the Nullification Crisis)
secede/secession
Invention that led to the profitability and expansion of slavery
cotton gin
System that replaced cottage industry, leading to rapid industrialization
factory system
A system based on capitalism that allows consumers to choose what to buy, and private citizens can make what they want without government interference
free enterprise
Region of the United States: factories, manufacturing centers, supplied manufactured goods, Erie Canal, Irish immigrants
North/Northeast
Region of the United States: small farms, livestock, supplied food resources, German and Swedish immigrants
Midwest
Region of the United States: mining for gold and other precious metals, Transcontinental Railroad, Chinese immigrants
West
Region of the United States: plantation system, cotton cultivation, slave labor, cotton gin, supplied raw materials to the North
South/Southeast
Anti-immigrant sentiment, due to the fear that immigrants (like Irish immigrants) stole American jobs
nativism
Political party: anti-immigrant, native-born Americans were referred to as "Native Americans," targeted discrimination on Irish immigrants
Know-Nothing Party
