PCN Ford APUSH Unit 4 Vocab

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Abolitionists

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Activists who worked to end slavery.

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American Indian Removal

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Forced migration of Native Americans to reservations. Most affected: Cherokee (Trail of Tears). Seminole resisted.

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American System

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An economic plan central to 19th-century U.S. policy: tariffs to protect industry, a national bank for commerce, and federal subsidies for infrastructure to enhance agricultural markets.

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Andrew Jackson

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7th President. Supported Indian removal, war on the federal bank, and fight against nullification.

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Annexation of Texas

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Requested by Texas after independence from Mexico in 1836; statehood granted in 1845.

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Democratic-Republicans

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Party led by Thomas Jefferson; supported weak federal government, rule by the people, agriculture, strict interpretation of the Constitution; disapproved of the federal bank.

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Election of 1800

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Peaceful transition of power from Federalists to Republicans; Jefferson becomes president.

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Election of 1828

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Election of Andrew Jackson; common man's era; increased voter participation.

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Embargo Act: made all U.S. exports illegal, sponsored by President Jefferson to compel Britain and France to respect American rights during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Made all U.S. exports illegal.

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Enslaved Blacks / Free African Americans

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Limited rights; lived in poverty; Slave codes; Fugitive Slave Act.