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Nat Turner (1831)

Nat Turner's Rebellion: Nat Turner a preacher, over one day killed fifty-five white people. Struck fear into the hearts of White South

Field Slaves

Treated poorly, United Welfare:strong sense of family, Worked the fields

House Slaves

Usually adhered to their masters demands, did household chores, and lived a better life than most field slaves

Nativism

The policy of protecting the native born and established inhabitants over those of immigrants

2nd Wave of Immigration

German and Irish

Interchangeable Parts

Interchanging parts to machines and technology so pieces can be replaced individually rather than grouped

Cotton Gin

Picked out cotton seeds faster than hand; Eli Whitney

Telegraph

Instantaneous communication; created by Samuel Morse

Lowell System

System designed to have workers under one roof, performed by young adult women; Textile Mills

Antebellum

Before the Civil War, 1810-1861

Pet Banks

Jacksons State banks that he used in replacement of the national bank

Secede

Withdraw formally from the Union

Veto

The presidential power to reject any laws trying to be put into place

Nullification Crisis

South Carolina declared that any federal laws that the state didn't agree with can be "null and void".

Tariff of Abominations

A High tax on imports that tried to encourage the South to buy American made; Made South threaten Secession and Nullification Crisis

Trail of Tears

1/4 of Native Americans die on this expedition westward; mostly settling in Oklahoma

Supreme Court Decision: Worcester v. Georgia

Cheif Justice John Marshall ruled that the Cherokee Indians can stay in their territory Jackson: Moves them anyway

Indian Removal Act

Act passed by Jackson to move Native Americans West of the Mississippi River

Corrupt Bargain

Henry Clay Helps John Quincy Adams win the presidency to become Secretary of State

Spoils System

Jackson's policy where he would give high government to his loyal democratic supporters.