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Alexander Hamilton

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The first secretary of the treasury and a leader of the Federalist party. As secretary of the treasury, he devised a plan for repaying the nation's debts and promoting economic growth. This plan ...

Acts Four acts passed in 1798 designed to curb criticism of the federal government. Adopted during a period of conflict with France, the acts lengthened the period before an immigrant could obtain ...

Andrew Jackson

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As major general during the War of 1812, he defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and a British army at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1818, he led an American incursion into ...

Anaconda Plan

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General Winfield Scott designed this strategic plan in the early days of the Civil War. To give direction to the Union war effort against the South. The plan advocated a full naval blockade of the ...

American System of Production

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The high cost of labor led to the establishment of a system of mass production through the manufacture of interchangeable parts.

American System (of Henry Clay)

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Henry Clay's program for the national economy, which included a protective tariff to stimulate industry, a national bank to provide credit, and federally funded internal improvements to expand the ...

American Federation of Labor

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A confederation of labor unions founded in 1886, it was composed mainly of skilled craft unions and was the first national labor organization to survive and experience a degree of success, largely ...