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30 Cards in this Set
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Abolitionism
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movement to end slavery
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week 1
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Ally
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a friend in war
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week 1
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Amendment
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an addition to the Constitution
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week 1
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Anti-federalists
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people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
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week 1
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Armistice
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a written agreement to stop fighting
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week 1
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Assimilation
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the process of blending into society
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week 1
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Balance of Power
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the distribution of power between the 3 branches of government
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week 1
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Blockade
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when goods are prevented from going into or out of an area
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week 1
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Boycott
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a refusal to buy certain goods
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week 1
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American System
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1815 plan to make U.S. economically self-sufficient
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week 1
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Bureaucracy
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a body of government officials and employees
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week 2
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Cabinet
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people chosen by the president to be advisers and to head executive departments
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week 2
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Capitalism
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economic system of the U.S.
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week 2
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Carpetbagger
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a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War to profit financially
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week 2
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Cash Crop
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a crop grown to sell and make a profit
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week 2
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Century
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a period of one hundred years
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week 2
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Charter
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a contract given to someone to establish a colony
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week 2
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Checks and Balances
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a system in which each branch of the government has controls over the power of the other branches
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week 2
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Civil Rights
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the rights of citizens to receive equal treatment, both in law and in practice
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week 2
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Colonist
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a person who leaves a mother country to live in a colony
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week 2
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Columbian Exchange
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the movement of plants, goods, and diseases between the New World and Europe
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week 3
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Compromise
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to give up some of what one wants in order to reach an agreement
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week 3
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Confederacy
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the southern states who seceded
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week 3
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Confederation Congress
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first U.S. government
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week 3
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Congress
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the legislative branch of the U.S. government made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives
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week 3
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Constituents
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the people who vote for a member of the government
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week 3
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Containment
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U.S. policy during the 1950's and 1960's aimed at limiting the spread of communism
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week 3
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Cotton Gin
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made processing cotton much easier
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week 3
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Culture
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the way of life shared by a group of people
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week 3
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Decade
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a period of ten years
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week 3
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