To tell a story or describe a series of events.

Moved to a new place.

To work or fight against.

Tax approved by Congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the North and was hated by the South.

Idea that a state had the right to nullify, or reject, a federal law that it considers unconstitutional.

Famous American politician and orator. he advocated renewal and opposed the financial policy of Andrew Jackson.

Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.

Difficult to understand; vague.

Being a sign of trouble, danger, or disaster; threatening.

Unconventional; strange.

Refusing to give up or stop; continuing despite difficulties.

A person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere.

Person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.

A large open area beneath a ship's deck, often used to house traveling immigrants

a force that pushes people out of their native lands and pulls them toward a new place

a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants

Related to the matter at hand, to the point.

Possible, able to happen; something that can develop or become a reality.

Very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.

Fresh and clean; uncorrupted.