US History Chapter 8 study aid

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• idea that stated that states had the right to declare a federal law null or not valid

NULLIFICATION

• idea that stated that states had the right to declare a federal law null or not valid

• immediate ending of slavery

ABOLITION

• immediate ending of slavery

• a system in which members of a political party meet to choose their party’s candidate for president or decide policy

CAUCUS SYSTEM

• a system in which members of a political party meet to choose their party’s candidate for president or decide policy

• belief that slavery had to be ended gradually

GRADUALISM

• belief that slavery had to be ended gradually

• hostility towards immigrants

NATIVISM

• hostility towards immigrants

• a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement in the 1700’s emphasizing the imagination & the emotions, advocating feeling over reason, inner spirituality over external rules, the individual above society, and nature over environments created by humans.

ROMANTICISM

• a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement in the 1700’s emphasizing the imagination & the emotions, advocating feeling over reason, inner spirituality over external rules, the individual above society, and nature over environments created by humans.

• prison whose purpose is to reform prisoners

PENITENTIARY

• prison whose purpose is to reform prisoners

• philosophy which urged people to overcome the limits of their minds; also stressed the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience

TRANSCENDENTALISM

• philosophy which urged people to overcome the limits of their minds; also stressed the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience

• movement whose purpose was to promote the moderation in the consumption of alcohol

TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

• movement whose purpose was to promote the moderation in the consumption of alcohol

• to withdraw from the Union

SECEDE

• to withdraw from the Union

• practice of appointing people to government jobs on the basis of party loyalty and support

SPOILS SYSTEM

• practice of appointing people to government jobs on the basis of party loyalty and support

• an association focusing on spreading the word of God and combating social problems

• an association focusing on spreading the word of God and combating social problems

• an association focusing on spreading the word of God and combating social problems

BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES

• an association focusing on spreading the word of God and combating social problems