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108 Cards in this Set
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organized to oppose the Stamp Act
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Sons of Liberty |
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made Florida part of the US |
Adams-Onis Treaty |
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opposed the Constitution |
Antifederalists |
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first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe |
Drake |
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congress could only do what was specifically stated in the Constitution |
strict construction |
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wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" |
Francis Scott Key |
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passed to punish Boston |
Coercive Acts |
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Maine entered as a free state, Missouri entered as a slave state, and slavery was forbidden north of the 36 30 line |
Missouri compromise |
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leader of the Sons of Liberty |
Samuel Adams |
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a general search warrant allowing customs officials to search a person or his property at will |
writ of assistance |
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gave the US the right of deposit at New Orleans
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Pinckney's Treaty |
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period of political harmony after the collapse of the Federalist Party |
era of good feelings |
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introduced resolutions to the House of Burgesses stating that they alone could tax Virginians |
Henry |
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belief that congress may do anything not prohibited by the Constitution
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loose construction |
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means that colonies exist only to benefit the mother country |
mercantilism
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appointed to write the Declaration of Independence |
Committee of Five |
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supported the Constitution |
Federalists |
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went up the Arkansas River, into the Rockies, in what is now Colorado |
Pike |
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saved the economy of Jamestown by producing smokeable tobacco |
Rolfe |
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passed by parliament stating they had the power to make any laws governing the colonies |
Declaratory Act |
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surrendered to Washington at Georgetown |
Cornwallis |
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required colonists to provide food and lodging for British soldiers |
Quartering Act |
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no fewer than three nor more than five states could be created out of the Northwest territory |
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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prohibited US ships to sail to foreign ports |
Embargo Act of 1807 |
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bound for a specific period of time to the person who paid their way to America |
indentured servant |
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wrote Common Sense |
Paine |
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put limits on the number of warships that the US and Great Britain could have on the Great Lakes |
Rush-Bagot Agreement |
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called the Intolerable Acts in America |
Coercive Acts |
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did most of the work writing the Declaration of Independence |
Jefferson |
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a series of essays explaining the Constitution in great detail |
The Federalist Papers |
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prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian mountains |
Proclamation of 1763 |
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case helped establish freedom of the press |
Zenger |
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pamphlet encouraging independence and criticizing the king |
Common Sense |
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divided the northwest territory into townships |
Land Ordinance of 1785 |
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Who wrote the Federalist Papers? |
Hamilton, Jay, and Madison |
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ended the War of 1812 |
Treaty of Ghent |
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forced movement of the Cherokee to Indian Territory |
Trail of Tears |
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headed the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation |
Dickinson |
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first case in which judicial review was used |
Marbury vs Madison |
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provided for a fin and jail term for anyone who criticized the gov't |
Sedition Act |
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What was included in the Connecticut Compromise? |
a bicameral congress with House of Representatives based on population and a senate with equal representation |
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Name one British advantage and one disadvantage in the Revolutionary War |
advantage- best navy in the world disadvantage- fighting on unfamiliar ground |
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Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
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showed foreign countries (esp. France) that America could win so they sent aid |
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List the items included in Clay's American System. |
internal improvements, strong national bank system, and protective tariffs |
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What were the main points of the Monroe Doctrine?
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1. Americas were no longer open for European colonization 2. the US would no longer become involved in European affairs |
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prohibited antislavery petitions from being brought up in the House of Reps |
gag rule |
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led the first Americans to settle in Texas |
Stephen F. Austin |
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worked for free public education, constant curricula, and better teacher pay
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Mann |
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chosen to command the Texas army and to be president of the Republic of Texas |
Houston |
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founded the mormon church |
Joseph Smith |
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published the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator |
Garrison |
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blazed the Santa Fe Trail and opened the south west for trade |
Becknell |
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worked to improve prisons and set up institutions for the mentally ill |
Dix |
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known as the "Black Moses" |
Tubman |
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another name for the American Party |
Know-Nothings |
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What was the result of Nat Turner's rebellion? |
slaves were prohibited from learning to read and write |
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Who developed the rendezvous system? |
William Ashley |
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led troops into CA to help the people there gain their independence in the Bear Flag Revolt
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Fremont |
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set the Oregon border at the 49th parallel |
Treaty of 1846 |
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said it was America's "Manifest Destiny to overspread and possess the whole of the continent" |
O'Sullivan |
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name two of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 |
1. CA would enter as a free state 2. NM and Utah would decide on slavery themselves |
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name two arguments against the annexation of Texas
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1. south would gain too much power politically 2. it could bring war with Mexico |
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name two causes of the Mexican War |
1. patriots resented the loss of Texas 2. Mexican gov't wouldn't pay claims to US |
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groups in New England that sent pro-slavery people to settle in Kansas
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Emigrant Aid Societies |
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first agreement made between the US and Japan |
Treaty of Kanagawa |
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allowed people to vote on whether or not slavery would be allowed |
popular sovereignty |
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wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin on the evils of slavery and stirred up feelings of antislavery |
Stowe |
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purpose was to provide a route for a transcontinental railroad from the deep south to the pacific |
Gadsden Purchase |
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Who was elected president of the CSA? vice president? |
Davis - Pres. Stephens - VP |
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sailed up the MS River and took New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Natchez |
copperheads |
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`freed all the slaves in the states in rebellion |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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name the CSA and USA ironclads |
Merrimack and Monitor |
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what was the bloodiest one-day's fighting of the Civil War? |
Battle of Antietam |
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name two CSA advantages in the Civil War |
1. fighting on the defense 2. fighting for their way of life |
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how did the north name battles? the south? |
north - after natural things south - after physical things |
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what was the result of Antietam? |
showed other countries the CSA could not win so they did not send aid |
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name two USA advantages in the civil war |
1. outnumbered CSA almost 3:1 2. had 90% of manufacturing |
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abolished slavery throughout the US |
13th amendment |
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defined citizenship and prohibited states from depriving any man of his rights |
14th amendment |
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gave all men the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
15th amendment |
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rented land for cash |
tenant farmers |
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white southerners that supported reconstruction and the Republicans |
scalawags |
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divided the south into 5 military districts with a Union general presiding over each |
Reconstruction Act |
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name two examples of the Black Codes |
blacks could not be on juries and could not hold meetings without a white man present |
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took over president after Lincoln was assassinated |
Andrew Johnson |
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people who farmed land for a percentage of the crop at harvest time |
sharecroppers |
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northerners that came to the south looking for economic gain because of the problems there |
carpetbaggers |
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prohibited the use of force or terror to keep someone from voting |
Force Acts |
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assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
John Wilkes Booth |
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set up to help blacks make the transition from slavery to freedom |
Freedman's Bureau |
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What was the Tenure of Office Act? How did Pres. Johnson test it? |
said the president couldn't fire any gov't. officials without the senates approval; he fired Sec. of War Stanton and replaced him with Grant |
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describe an impeachment proceeding |
the House is the prosecutor, the Senate is the jury, and the Chief of Justice presides; they need a 2/3 majority vote for removal from office |
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set up a civil service commission to give tests to people seeking gov't. jobs |
Pendleton Act |
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segregation laws that called for called for separate facilities for blacks and whites |
Jim Crow Laws |
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replaced iron rails with steel making them stronger and safer |
Vanderbilt |
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most famous political boss; controlled Tammany Hall which ran the Democratic Party in NYC, stole $200 million from the US through haud and graft |
Tweed |
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Supreme Court ruled that states could control businesses that operated in the public's interest |
Munn vs. Illinois |
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adopted by the southern states to keep blacks from voting, included a poll tax, literacy test, and resident requirements |
Mississippi Plan |
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aka Patrons of Husbandry; set up originally to help farmers cope with the loneliness of farm life |
Grange |
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shot James A. Garfield |
Guiteau |
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Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was allowed by the Constitution |
Plessy vs. Ferguson |
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Why did rail lines divide the US into 4 time zones? |
to avoid wrecks and keep schedules |
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invented basketball |
Naismith |
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adapted rugby into American football |
Camp |
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founded the Tuskegee Institute and believed backs should focus on economic advancement rather than social equality |
Booker T. Washington |
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patented the telephone and helped form the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. to provide long distance service |
Bell |
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1st American to receive PhD from Harvard |
Dubois |
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Where did most of the "new immigrants" come from? |
southern and eastern Europe |