1. Revenue Tariff: Provides Income for the Federal Government

Chapter 5 Vocabulary

1. revenue tariff: provides income for the federal government 2. Era of Good Feelings : used to describe James Monroe’s presidency 3. Seminoles: “runaway” a group of runaway slaves & Native Americans in Florida 4. Monroe Doctrine: proclaims that Europe should stay out of this hemisphere and not attempt to control or colonize any territories in the Americas 5. McCulloch v. Maryland : the supreme court decided that the fed. Gov’t had the right to create a national bank because of the “necessary & proper” clause of the constitution and that the fed. Gov’t was “supreme in its own sphere of action” 6. protective tariff: designed to protect American manufacturers by driving up the prices of foreign goods 7. John C. Calhoun: the representative from South Carolina who proposed the second national bank 8. Adams-Onis Treaty: in this agreement Spain gives Florida to the U.S. & finalizes the western border of the Louisiana territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean 9. Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee: the supreme court decided that it had the authority to hear all appeals of state court decisions in cases involving federal statutes & treaties 10. Gibbons v. Ogden: the court decided that the constitution gave the fed. Gov’t the power to regulate interstate commerce & that fed. Law supersedes state law 11. free enterprise system: based on private property rights – individuals can acquire capital & decide how to use it without government controls 12. labor union: workers who unite to get more benefits & better working conditions 13. Erie Canal: ran from the Hudson River in Albany to Lake Erie – 363 miles 14. Robert Fulton: inventor of the steamboat 15. Francis C. Lowell: opened a series of textile mills in Massachusetts 16. Samuel F.B. Morse: inventor who helped with the telegraph & developed morse code 17. interchangeable parts: led to mass production of many products 18. strike: refusal to work by employees 19. national road: a major east-west highway 20. industrial revolution: time period of dramatic changes in business & transportation 21. Eli Whitney: inventor/creator of interchangeable parts & the cotton gin 22.cotton gin: used to remove seeds from cotton – made cotton production more profitable 23.yeoman farmer: ordinary farmers – made up the majority of the white population 24.task system: slaves/workers were given a specific set of jobs to perform everyday 25.Frederick Douglas: rose from slavery to become a prominent leader of the antislavery movement 26.Gabriel Prosser: enslaved man who lead an uprising on Richmond, Virginia – was caught & hanged 27.Nat Turner: enslaved minister who led an uprising that killed 50 white men 28.favorite son: men who enjoyed the support of leaders from their own state & region 29.corrupt bargain: Jackson & his supporters accuse John Quincy Adams of having this to win the election 30.mudslinging: criticizing each other’s personalities & morals 31. Missouri Compromise: law passed to appease the South – would allow slavery south of Missouri & North would be free 32.Henry Clay: representative from Kentucky that helped engineer the Compromise 33.William Crawford: representative from Georgia ran for president in 1824 34.American System: nationwide internal improvements – infrastructure – national road, etc…