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US History Chapter 8 study aid

This study aid provides definitions and key terms for important concepts in US History Chapter 8, including nullification, abolition, caucus system, gradualism, nativism, romanticism, penitentiary, transcendentalism, temperance movement, secede, spoils system, and benevolent societies.

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US History Chapter 8 study aid

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  1. US History Chapter 8 study aid Click once to see the definition, Click again to see the definition and the key term together

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

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

  4. immediate ending of slavery

  5. ABOLITION • immediate ending of slavery

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

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

  8. belief that slavery had to be ended gradually

  9. GRADUALISM • belief that slavery had to be ended gradually

  10. hostility towards immigrants

  11. NATIVISM • hostility towards immigrants

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. prison whose purpose is to reform prisoners

  15. PENITENTIARY • prison whose purpose is to reform prisoners

  16. 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

  17. 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

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

  19. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT • movement whose purpose was to promote the moderation in the consumption of alcohol

  20. to withdraw from the Union

  21. SECEDE • to withdraw from the Union

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

  23. SPOILS SYSTEM • practice of appointing people to government jobs on the basis of party loyalty and support

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

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

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

  27. BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES • an association focusing on spreading the word of God and combating social problems

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