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Chapter 2-2: Growth and Change

Key Words/terms-
 * Nationalism: national pride
 * Monroe Doctrine: The announcement when President Monroe vowed that the U.S would oppose European attempt to regain former Latin American colonies.
 * American system: Henry clay from Kentucky proposed a plan where the system would establish stronger protective tariffs to aid and encourage industrial development
 * Missouri Compromise: 1824, agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
 * Democratic party: Andrew Jackson's supporters.
 * Trail of Tears: The march where some 4,000 Cherokee died
 * Strike: The refusal to work until employers meet union demands.
 * Nativism: the favoring of native-born Americans over foreign-born residents.
 * Cotton Gin: A machine that made it easier to remove cotton seeds.
 * Underground Railroad: a network of white and African American people who helped escaped slaves reach the North.
 * Second Great Awakening: Began spreading westward from New York. 1790's powerful interest in religion

Key People:
 * Henry clay: 1824 Representative
 * Andrew Jackson: 1828 helped elect presidency A hero of war of 1812, his supporters became known as the democratic party.
 * Harriet Tubman: Most famous and successful "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
 * Dorothea Dix: had a crusade to help people with mental illness after seeing how badly they were treated in the Massachusetts prison.
 * Frederick Douglass: an escaped slave
 * Sojourner Truth: former slave that traveled through New England supporting abolition
 * Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 gathering the first national women's rights convention. Along with Lucretia Mott.
 * Susan B. Anthony: campaigned for the property for women's rights in New York city

Key Events: Building a Nation- > Northern and Southern Society The Slave System The Second Great Awakening The Fight for Women's Rights
 * Henry clay: 1824 Representative. Nationalism: national pride. Monroe Doctrine: The announcement when President Monroe vowed that the U.S would oppose European attempt to regain former Latin American colonies. American system: Henry clay from Kentucky proposed a plan where the system would establish stronger protective tariffs to aid and encourage industrial development
 * Andrew Jackson: 1828 helped elect presidency A hero of war of 1812, his supporters became known as the democratic party. Missouri Compromise: 1824, agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Democratic party: Andrew Jackson's supporters. Trail of Tears: The march where some 4,000 Cherokee died.
 * Harriet Tubman: Most famous and successful "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. Dorothea Dix: had a crusade to help people with mental illness after seeing how badly they were treated in the Massachusetts prison. Strike: The refusal to work until employers meet union demands. Nativism: the favoring of native-born Americans over foreign-born residents. Cotton Gin: A machine that made it easier to remove cotton seeds. Underground Railroad: a network of white and African American people who helped escaped slaves reach the North.
 * Second Great Awakening: Began spreading westward from New York. 1790's powerful interest in religion. Frederick Douglass: an escaped slave. Sojourner Truth: former slave that traveled through New England supporting abolition
 * Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 gathering the first national women's rights convention. Along with Lucretia Mott. Susan B. Anthony: campaigned for the property for women's rights in New York city