C HKEY TERMS
Match the term to its definition.
1. nullification
a. addition of territories by the United States across North America from
2. economy
the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
3. industry
b. someone who wants to end slavery
4. westward expansion
c. to withdraw from a political agreement with a nation and become
5. states' rights
independent
16. abolitionist
d. individual states have the right to pass and enforce laws
7. slavery
independently and with little interference by the federal government
8. secession
e. system of how goods and services are produced, sold, and bought
9. agriculture
f. governmental system in which power is shared between a national
10. federal government
government and smaller local governments
11. popular sovereignty
g. production of goods by using machines and factories
h. condition in which individuals are owned and controlled by others
i to refuse to enforce something
j. belief that the citizens hold political power
k production of crops; farming
APPLY: Choose three terms and illustrate the meaning of each.