Taking a cue from President Jackson's attitudes and actions, in 1830 Congress passed the __________.

James Henry Hammond stated every society required workers who performed the brute labor on which all else rested, and he referred to this class as the __________.

Though their numbers were never large, those who supported __________ were particularly vocal in their opposition to slavery.

Opposed to the Jacksonian Democrats, the __________ advocated temperance and argued for the observance of the Sabbath.

The federal government forcibly relocated the Cherokee along the __________.

A work force of younger women, known as the __________, worked in one of the first large factories in the United States.

Young Democrats hoped that the __________ would set the stage for the elimination of other duties on American products around the world.

The growing number of __________ people in American society attested to the sexual exploitation of female slaves.

At the Battle of the __________, supporters of Texas independence were routed by a much larger force of Mexican government troops.

For 10 years in the 1830s and 40s the __________ prevented the discussion of slavery in Congress.

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