chapter 9 vocab
Who were skilled, experienced craft workers who produced goods by hand?
Artisans
Who introduced the first water-powered cotton mill to the United States?
Sam Slater
What is the voiding of unwelcome federal laws called?
Nullification
Who's nickname was "Old Hickory"?
Andrew Jackson
Which party supported internal improvements?
Whigs
Which group lodged a radical protest against the exploitation of workers that accompanied industrialization?
Working Men's Party
Who invented the cotton engine?
Eli Whitney
What is the system of rewarding party loyalists called?
Spoils system
Who was the leader of the "Bucktails"?
Martin Van Buren
How many Cherokee people died during the Trail of Tears?
4,000
What was the first railroad to begin service with a steam locomotive?
The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
Who dabbled in many different moneymaking enterprises before gaining success in the glue business?
Peter Cooper
What was the name of the system of high tariffs, a national bank, and federally sponsored internal improvements of canals and roads?
American system
Who gained a reputation as a fighter and defender of American Expansion?
Andrew Jackson
Industrialization in the United States began with improvements in the making of what?
Textiles
George Grandison Finney preached that all people possessed what?
Free moral agency
Who wanted to replace the laborious process of using a scythe to cut and gather wheat for harvest?
Cyrus McCormick
What was the practice of showing respect for individuals who distinguished themselves through military accomplishments, educational attainment, and more.
Code of deference
Who described democracy as being the "tyranny of the majority"?
Alexis de Tocqueville
Which required that western land sales be conducted using gold or silver early?
Specie Circle