Apush Vocab Chapter 10-11

Laws enacted between 1839-1860 that allowed married women to own, inherit, and bestow property

Popular theater in which white actors in blackface presented comedic routines

The right to vote

Principle that the less government does, the better. Particularly in reference to the economy.

The fact that the devotion of many voters was resolved mostly by their religious/ethnic groups

A political party meeting to choose candidates, make policies, and enforce party discipline

Landlords, slave owners, and merchants that dominated politics of the early 19th century

Term for racial mixing and intermarriage

Assertion that classic gender roles and legal restrictions created a form of slavery for women

Executive order that forced the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver to buy lands

Term to describe people no longer bound by classes, castes, associations, and families

Interpretation of the Constitution that extends states power but limits national government

Second major economic crisis of the United States, which led to hard times from 1837 to 1843

Christian movement that believed people could achieve moral perfection in their earthly lives

A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party

Social reform movement to end slavery and the slave trade that began in the late 18th century

A mercantilist system with a national bank, protective tariffs, and a network of transportation

Procedure in the HOR from 1836 to 1844 by which antislavery petitions were automatically tabled

The first national women's rights convention in the United States

Public works such as roads and canals

A Forced westward journey of Cherokees from Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838

Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to areas west of the Mississippi

A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government

A term used for the appointment of Henry Clay to become John Quincy Adam's secretary of state

Communities created to escape from the competition of modern industrial society

Constitutional debate that a state legislature/convention could void a law passed by Congress

Literary movement that resulted in an outpouring of first-class novels, poetry, and essays

Network of whites and free blacks in the South that assisted fugitive slaves to the north

The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory

A bank with multiple branches which was chartered in 1816 for twenty years