Growing Nation Vocabulary Set #1

Vocabulary Word Definition Illustration

1. Jacksonian Democracy

Movement towards more political participation by the

common man

2. Spoils SystemJackson’s practice of rewarding

political supporters with government jobs

3. Abomination Something that causesdisgust or hatred

4. NullificationThe action of a state

preventing the enforcement of a U.S. law within its territory

5. SecessionThe act of separating from a

nation or state and becoming independent

6. Manifest Destiny 1840s belief that the expansion of the US was sure to happen

7. Forty-niner A person who took part in the 1849 California gold rush

8. Immigrant A person who comes to a country to live there

9. Factory SystemProduction that brings many

workers and machines together in one building

10. Interchangeable Capable of being used in place of each other

Growing Nation Vocabulary Set #2

Vocabulary Word Definition Illustration

11. Textile A fabric that is woven or knit

12. Industrialization

The building and operate factories and businesses in a

city, region, country

13. UrbanizationCities becoming larger as more people begin living and working

in central areas

14.TelegraphA device that sent messages

over long distances using wires & electrical signals

15.CanalAn artificial waterway dug by

people so that boats could pass through it

16.Cotton GinA machine that separates the

seeds of cotton plants from the cotton

17. Temperance The practice of drinking no alcohol

18.Civil DisobedienceRefusal to obey laws as a way of forcing the government to do or

change something

19. Suffrage The right to vote in an election

20.Abolition The movement to end slavery