1. Chapter 9 and 10 Vocabulary

2. Monroe Doctrine:
President James Monroe’s statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas and declaring that any attempt by a foreign country to colonize would be an act of hostility

3. Nationalism:
A sense of pride and devotion to a nation.

4. American System:
Henry Clay’s plan for raising tariffs(taxes) to pay for internal improvements such as better roads and canals

5. Sectionalism:
A devotion of interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole

6. Jacksonian Democracy:
An expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration

7. nullification crisis:
A dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the constitution

8. Spoils system:
A politicians’ practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters

9. Tariff of Abomination:
The nickname given to a tariff (tax) by southerners who opposed it
Abomination: anything greatly disliked

10. Indian Removal Act:
A congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River

11. Trail of Tears:
An 800- mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost 1/4th of the Cherokee people