1. US History Chapter 8 study aid Click once to see the definition, Click again to see the definition and the key term together

2. idea that stated that states had the right to declare a federal law null or not valid

3. NULLIFICATION idea that stated that states had the right to declare a federal law null or not valid

4. immediate ending of slavery

5. ABOLITION immediate ending of slavery

6. a system in which members of a political party meet to choose their party’s candidate for president or decide policy

7. CAUCUS SYSTEM a system in which members of a political party meet to choose their party’s candidate for president or decide policy

8. belief that slavery had to be ended gradually

9. GRADUALISM belief that slavery had to be ended gradually

10. hostility towards immigrants

11. NATIVISM hostility towards immigrants

12. a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement in the 1700’s emphasizing the imagination & the emotions, advocating feeling over reason, inner spirituality over external rules, the individual above society, and nature over environments created by humans.

13. ROMANTICISM a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement in the 1700’s emphasizing the imagination & the emotions, advocating feeling over reason, inner spirituality over external rules, the individual above society, and nature over environments created by humans.

14. prison whose purpose is to reform prisoners

15. PENITENTIARY prison whose purpose is to reform prisoners

16. philosophy which urged people to overcome the limits of their minds; also stressed the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience

17. TRANSCENDENTALISM philosophy which urged people to overcome the limits of their minds; also stressed the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience

18. movement whose purpose was to promote the moderation in the consumption of alcohol

19. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT movement whose purpose was to promote the moderation in the consumption of alcohol

20. to withdraw from the Union

21. SECEDE to withdraw from the Union

22. practice of appointing people to government jobs on the basis of party loyalty and support

23. SPOILS SYSTEM practice of appointing people to government jobs on the basis of party loyalty and support

24. an association focusing on spreading the word of God and combating social problems

27. BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES an association focusing on spreading the word of God and combating social problems