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18 Cards in this Set
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Secede
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Withdraw-from the union.
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Conestoga Wagon
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Sturdy vehicles topped with white canvas.
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Judicial Review
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(A). The constitution is the supreme law of the land.
(B).When there is a conflict between the constitution and any other law. The constitution must be followed. (C). The Judicial branch has a duty to uphold the constitution. It must be able to determine when a federal law conflicts with the constitution; then to nullify or cancel, unconstitutional laws |
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Custom Duties
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Taxes on foreign imported goods-and from the sale of western lands.
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Laissez-Faire
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Means, "Let (People) do (as they choose)."
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Tribute
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Protection money
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Neutral Rights
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The right to sail the seas and not take sides.
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Impressment
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The practice of forcing people to serve in the navy.
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Embargo
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Prohibits trade with another country.
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War Hawks
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A group of young republicans that pressured the president to declare war against britain.
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Nationalism
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Loyalty to their country-appealed to a renewed sense of American patriotism.
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Frigate
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Warships
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Privateer
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Armed private ships, also staged spectacular attacks on British ships and captured numerous vessels.
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marbury vs. madison
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set up the judicial review.
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Jefferson's Policies
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(A.) He believed united states success was based on the strength of independent farmers.
(B.) He ended actions that threatened individual freedom. |
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Touissaint-Louverture
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was a leader of the Haitian Revolution.
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Louisiana Purchase
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was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles of the French territory Louisiana in 1803.
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Santo Domingo
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The dominican Republic and present day haiti
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