Unit 10 Vocabulary 8 th Grade US History SBMS
Feb 23, 2016
Unit 10 Vocabulary
8th Grade US History SBMS
the legal prohibition and ending of slavery
abolition
the policy of promoting industry in the U.S. by
adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government (as advocated by Henry Clay from 1816 to 1828)
American System
a count of the population
Census
cotton gina machine for separating the fibers of cotton from the seeds.
departing or having departed from a country
to settle elsewhere
emigrant
the system of manufacturing that began in the
18th century with the development of the power loom and the steam engine and is based on concentration of industry into large establishments
factory system
The change from a agrarian society to one
based on industry which began in Great Britain and spread to the US around the 1800’s.
Industrial revolution
Industrial Revolution
Uniform pieces that can be made in large
quantities to replace other identical pieces
interchangeable part
The idea popular in the US during the 1800’s
that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific.
Manifest Destiny
A frontiersman living in the wilderness, as in
the Rocky Mountains
Mountain Men
to put or change into an improved form or
condition
reform
The right to vote
suffrage
The application of scientific discoveries to
practical use
technology
The use of little or no alcoholic drink
temperance
Any of a group of New England writers who
stressed the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience.
transcendentalist
A road that one must pay to use; the money is
used to pay for the road
turnpikes