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16 Cards in this Set
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Jeffersonian Republicanism
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theory of gov't that people should control the gov't best suited the needs of the people
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Democratic-Republicans
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political party known for it's support of big state gov't. Founded by Jefferson in opposition to Federalists
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Marbury v. Madison
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case in which SC ruled that it had the power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional; judicial review
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Judicial Review
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ability of SC to declare a law unconstitutional
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Impressment
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practice of seizing Americans at sea and drafting them into the British navy
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Louisiana Purchase
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A $15 million purchase of land that doubled the size of the U.S.
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Monroe Doctrine
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policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by Pres. Monroe
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Missouri Compromise
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a series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power b/w slave states and free states
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Jacksonian Democracy
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Jackson's political philosophy based on his belief that common people were the source of American strength
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Manifest Destiny
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19th century belief that the U.S. would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican Territory
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Oregon Trail
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Route from Independence, MO to Oregon City, Oregon used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon Territory
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Santa Fe Trail
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Route from Independence, MO to Santa Fe, New Mexico, used by traders in the early and mid 1800s
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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1848 treaty ending U.S. war w/Mexico, where Mex. ceded California and New Mexico to the U.S.
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Frederick Douglass
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Escaped bondage to become an eloquent and outspoken critic of slavery
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Seneca Falls Convention
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Women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York
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Sojourner Truth
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Former slave turned to an outspoken abolitionist who opposed the idea that b/c she was a woman she was weak and b/c she was black she wasn't feminine
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