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Jacksonian Democracy
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term used to describe the presidency of Andrew Jackson, characterized by greater political participation for the common man
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James Madison
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"Father of the US Constitution" also a US president
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James Oglethorpe
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started the colony of Georgia as a buffer between 13 English solonies and Spanish Florida with debtors from British prisons
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Jamestown
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the first permanent English settlement in the New World in 1609
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John Marshall
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for 34 years. He established the principle of Judicial Review in the famous case of Marbury vs Madison
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Judicial review
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principle established in Marbury v. Madison; the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
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Judiciary
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branch of government responsible for interpreting laws; the court system
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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1854 law allowing the people of Kansas and Nebraska to choose wether their territory would be admitted to the Union as a free or slave state
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Know-Nothing Party
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a political party formed in the 1850's by nativists that wanted US preserved for native-born citizens and was against immagrants
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Legislature
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branch of government responsible for making laws
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Limited government
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belief that government power is restrained for limited by legal principles
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Lord Baltimore
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he started the colony of Maryland as a safe haven for Roman Catholics
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Louisiana Purchase
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1803 agreement made by Thomas Jefferson to purchase the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains from France. The purchase more than doubled the size of the U.S.
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Loyalists
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colonists who remained loyal to England during the Revolutionary War
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Magna Carta
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1215 agreement signed by King John I guarenteeing certain rights to the people of England. Also known as the "Great Charter" it became the foundation of the Bill of Rights
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Manifest Destiny
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belief held by many Americans during the nineteenth century that is was God's will for the US to expand its borders from the East Coast to the West Coast
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Marbury v. Madison
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1803 Supreme Court decision written by Chief Justice John Marshall declaring a congressional act unconstitutional: the decision established the principle of judicial review
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Maya
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early civilization located in southern Mexico and Central America; by 1000 BC the Maya had established an advanced culture
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Mayflower Compact
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1620 agreement among the Pilgrims to create a representative form of government in their new colony
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Mercantilism
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economic principle favoring the acquisition of colonies as a source of raw materials for and a market for ginished goods of the mother country
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Mexican War
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1846-1848 armed conflict between Mexico and the US resulting in the US acquisition of territory in Texas and the purchase of Californie and New Mexico for $15 million
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Middle Passage
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the horrible trip between Africa and the West Indies for captured blacks in the holds of slabe ships where many died of mistreatment
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Missouri Compromise
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1820 agreement between advocates and opponents of slavery admitting Missouri as a slave state. Maine as a free state and establishing a boundary between free territory and slave territory
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Monroe Doctrine
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1823 policy announced by President James monroe declaring the Western Hemisphere off limits to Eruopean colonial powers
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Natural Rights
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Liberties granted by God to which all people are entitled as human beings; first discussed by John Locke, these rights include life liberty and the property
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