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Rule by the will of God.
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Divine Right of Kings.
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A mutual agreement to obey any laws agreed upon for the general good of the colony. Signed by (male) Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. Established the notion of self-government in America.
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Mayflower Compact (1620)
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The economic system of imperialism. The colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country. Raw resources sent from the colony in exchange for finished products. Goal of the Mother Country: translate economic wealth into military wealth and power
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Mercantilism
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Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party- disliked by colonists b/c of perceived trespass on liberties and civil rights- closed Boston's Harbor among other things. Connection: Colonists began stockpiling weapons and assembling colonial militia
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the Intolerable Acts
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Document declaring the British King a tyrant
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listing his wrongs against the American colonies
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A loose confederation of independent states that gave limited powers to a central government.
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Articles of Confederation
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This formally ended the Revolutionary War for Independence with Great Britain
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
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Provided for the formation of not less than three
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nor more than five
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Farmers revolted in protest of losing their farms for non-payment of debts. The national government
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under the Articles of Confederation
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Constitutional Convention occurred to form a strong national government. As a precaution against having to assume the financial burdens of the smaller states
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the larger states exacted an agreement that revenue bills could originate only in the House
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The Virginia Plan provided a House of Representatives elected by popular vote
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and a Senate elected by the House. This would have given the more populous states control of the national legislature Proportional representation means "representation in proportion to a state's population)
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Provided for a single legislature in which all the states were to have equal representation.
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The New Jersey Plan
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The present arrangement
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whereby the states are equally represented in the Senate and are represented in the House of Representatives in proportion to their populations.
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Southern black slaves were counted as 3/5s a citizen for purposes of proportional representation.
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3/5s Clause.
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In which part of the Constitution are the goals for the government listed?
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Preamble.
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How many amendments are there in the US constitution?
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27
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What is the 1st amendment?
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Freedom of
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What is the 2nd amendment?
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Right to Bear Arms
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What is the 3rd amendment?
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No soldier shall
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What is the 4th amendment?
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Search & Seizure
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What is the 5th amendment?
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Accused persons must get a grand jury.
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What is the 6th amendment?
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Speedy fair trial
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What is the 7th amendment?
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When the value exceeds twenty dollars
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What is the 8th amendment?
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Excessive bail shall not be required
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What is the 9th amendment?
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Powers reserved to people
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What is the 10th amendment?
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Rights of states
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Christopher Columbus
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(1492) Commited himself to reach China
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The Treaty of Tordesillas
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By the Pope in 1494;
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Pueblo Rebellion
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Organized by Pope Hank.
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European disease & Native Americans
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European biggest weapon to the New Work was disease (small pox
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Henry VIII
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Wanted to break Rome in 1534.
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Francis Drake
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Left England with five ships
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Joint-Stock Companies
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Business in which investors pooled capital for conducting trade and founding colonies.
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Jamestown Problems
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disease
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The Mayflower Compact
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An agreemen
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Plymouth founders
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Pilgrims- Bradford
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John Winthrop
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Mass Bay Company governor
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Rhode Island
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Sink of New England colony
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Anne Hutchinson
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Trouble maker- Bostons "Visible Saint". Fought of God and puritan establishment.
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Maryland
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One of its first proprietor colonies. Catholic Conlony with many protestants.
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Colony Whose charter was a grandiose Plan
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Carolines
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Columbian exchange
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The transfor of plants
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headright
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A system of land distribution
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Quitrent
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A small annual payment; actually a tax for proprietors; were resented to be payed; Resulted from headrights
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In 1619- first slaves
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Came on Dutch shipsl sold in Jamestown
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Bacon's Rebellion
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(1676) led by Nathaniel Bacon against VA . Initialy against Indians- Jamestown.
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Indigo
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1740s cash crop- South Carolina. Founded by Eliza Lucas.
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Quakers and slavery
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Only some omens. It was againt God's will first abolitionists
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James Ogletrhorpe
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Founded Savannah - Georgia
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Frontier Regulatiors- NC
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fought over that.
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Halfway Covenant
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Puritan practice. Puritans could recieve sacrament and acquire partial church membership if they were baptized
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As a result of the Glorious Revolution. -- Result-- Colony
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Massachusetts- Plymouth
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Harvard
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In Camberbridge. John recieved a charter with 14 boys.
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Ethnic and religious heterogeneity colonies
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Middle colonists- refered to as American. New Amsterdam
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John Peter Zenger
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German Printer- edited NY weekly journal. Arrested by Cosby.
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The "Pacton Boys" revolt
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1763 uprising triggered by eastern differences to Indian attacks on frontier.
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The "Pacton Boys" revolt
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1763 uprising triggered by eastern differences to Indian attacks on frontier.
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Dominion of North America
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Bring colonies to order James II control- unify
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Mercantilism
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Balance trade. Guarentee british empire prosperity economic organization.
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Navigation Acts
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Control trade within Britain so it would benefit colonies
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The Great Awakening
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Revival movement. It was religious but weakened the church authority. George Whitefeild
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Enlightenment
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celebrated human reason and science advancements. 18th century intellectual movement.
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Fort Dusquesne Hero
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Washington
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Pontiac
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Confronted Colonel Bouqet- He wanted to infect Pontiac's indians with smallpox
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Virtual Representation
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No actual representation in British government
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The Sons of Liberty
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Summer irregular organizations- violent riots.
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Coercive Acts
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Laws by Parliament to punish Boston and Mass for destruction of tea in Boston Tea Party.
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Hessian
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Germans that came to fight during revolution
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Common Sense
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Thomas Paine- American independence from Great Britain. Established a republican government.
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The battles of Trenton and Princeton.
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Trenton- wild storm
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Valley Forge
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Washington settled his army for a winter here; army supply system crashed
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Provided for governance of region North of Ohio River and admission of Ohio
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Called for surveying and dividing Western territories
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John Trumbull
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Artist that helped capture Dorchester Heights and forced evacuation of Boston; Defense of NY
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Articles of Confederation
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established government in 1781. It regulated trade in state government.
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The Great Compromise
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A compromise reached in Philadelphia combining the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan.
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Three- Fifths Compromise
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defined slaves in representation in House of Reps and taves. 3/5ths of a person
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XYZ affair
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Caused by French diplomats who demanded bribe - somewhat called for war
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"Farewell Address"- George Washington
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1796- Rise of politics and warned against "perm alliances"
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Checks and balances
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So no one brance had too much power
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Federalist Papers
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Hamilton
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Alexander Hamilton belief govt
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One man army. Delegates threat that NY would secede if Const. rejected.
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Necessary and proper clause to support the creation of a national bank
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If National Bank was neccesary
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"Pell-mell"
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Jefferson- equal rights of all
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Judiciary Act of 1801
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6 new courts
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Marbury v. Madison
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1803- Judiciary Act that was unconstitutional and presented judiciary review of federal laws.
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Barbary pirates
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Fought with Jeffersons army
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Essex Junto
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A group organized as a scheme to break away from Union and establish a "northern confederation"
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The episode which immediately prompted the Embargo Act reason/ episode
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The attack
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In the War of 1812 privateering good
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Hired privateers -best thing for military
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War of 1812
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Federalists party BYE Rush Bagot Agreement
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Monroe Doctrine
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James Monroe; declared America no longer open to European and no more affairs with them.
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The "Era of Good Feelings" was noted for the..
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disappearance of federalists enabled the republics to govern harmony
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Missouri Compromise
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admition of Missouri as a slave state
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President chosen in 1824 by the House of Reps
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Clay
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The tariff of 1828 BAD
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too high- Federalists cost of abominations
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Basic concept underlying the "spoils system" was that...
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Newly elected office holders appoint members of their choice
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Kitchen Cabinet
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Jackon's close friends (advisors)
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Jackson And Second National Bank of the United States
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Veto
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Jackson's policy and Native Americans
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Considered them savages . Indian Removal Act
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Specie Circular
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Undermine nation bank- Jackson
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Locofocos
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Name given in derision to the members of a faction that split off from the Democratic party in New York in 1835
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Independent Treasury Act
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For the national bank
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Alexis De Tocqueville book
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Published in France
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Most effective preacher of the Second Great Awakening
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Lorenzo Dow
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Frederick Douglass
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Was one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement
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The co-organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention
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Elizabeth Stanton
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Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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1848 ended Mexican War
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Californias possible admission
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unbalanced the states
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Alamo
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Is a mission in San Antonio
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The Compromise of 1850
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Banned slave trade
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Nat Turner
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Shays Rebellion
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Denmark Vessy
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Nicaragua
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The most obvious chance in the North in the decades before the Civil War
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more industrialized
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Commonwealth v. Hunt
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Legality of labor union
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Between the mid 1840s and the mid 1850s the American economy
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Boomed
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Uncle Toms Cabin
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Harriet Beech Stowe opposed slavery
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The Ostend Manifesto
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A secret document written in 1854 by U.S. describing a plan to acquire Cuba from Spain.
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The most prominent spokesman of the "Young America" movement was popular sovereignty
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Steven Douglas
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John Brown pre Harpers
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led bleeding kansas
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Bleeding Kansas
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Led by John Brown with 5 others
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The Supreme Court ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional in was case?
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Dred Scott Decision
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John BRown's Major goal in attacking Harper's Ferry
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Arm Slaves
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Crittenden Compromise
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Got nowhere during succession. It recognized slavery
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The first major battle of the Civil War
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Bull Run
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First shots of the Civil War
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Fort Sumter
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George B. McClellan
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General During civil war
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Radical Republicans
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Stevens and Wade
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Copperheads
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wanted peace democrats in North
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Clement L Vallandigham
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Peach democrat sent to prision by military court
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Benjamin Wade
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head of radical republicans
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The idea that "Cotton is King" -Southern View
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Protect them b/c England would side with them bc they were needed
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Shiloh
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Left 23
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Gettysburg
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Turning point of war; Union defeated confederation
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Vicksburg
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Union captured and gave control of entire Mississippi
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Homestead Act
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federal law granting 160 acres of public land in West to anyone
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Andrew Johnson
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Was the seventeenth President . Trial- Impeached
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Uncle Sherman
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Total War
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House. Apples are sour for South
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Appomattox Courthouse
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10 Percent Plan
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Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction.
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In 1864
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Congress rejected Lincolns reconstruction plan when they passed..
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Black Codes
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denied rights of free blacks
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President Johnson Problems
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Violated to Tenure office act
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In April
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1866
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15th Amendment
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13: Abolished Slavery
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Under the First Reconstruction act
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Divided the former federacy
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Scalawags
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White Southern Republicans
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Sharecropping
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Broke up estates
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The crop-lien system
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borrowers paid for seed
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Thee Force Acts
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Placed elections under federal jurisdiction
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Whiskey Ring
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Grants Scandal
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Rutherfraud Hayes
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Ended Reconstruction
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Compromise of 1877- result
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End of reconstruction- Hayes as President
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The Olive Branch Petition
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Last plea of King
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Declaration of Independence
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1776 - Declaring independence
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Frances Scott Key
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Wrote Star Spangled banner
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John Tyler
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President after death of Harrison
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The Dred Scot Decision
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Slaves were property
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