Final Exam Review Cards

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Abolitionist

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someone involved in the movement to stop slavery.

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Alien

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immigrants to the U.S.

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Apprentice

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a beginner who learns a trade or a craft from an experienced master.

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Articles of confederation

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a document, adopted by the cpmtimemtal congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the united states.

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Boycott

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a refusal to buy certain goods

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Bill of Rights

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the first ten amendments to the U.S. constitution, and in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms

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Boston Massacre

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a clash between British soldiers and boston colonists in 1770, in which five colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed

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Boston Tea Party

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the dumping of 342 chests of tea into boston harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the tea act

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Cabinet

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a group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers

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cash crop

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a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use

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conquistador

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a spaniard who traveled to the americas as an explorer and a conqueror in the 16th century

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cotton gin

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a machine invented in the 1793 that cleaned cotton much faster and far more efficiently than teh human workers

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culture

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a way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs

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columbian exchange

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the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the western and eastern hemispheres

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emigrant

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a person who leaves a country

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frontier

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unsettled or sparesly settled area occupied largely by native americans

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immigrant

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a person who settles in a new country

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industrial revolution

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in late 18th-century Britain, factory machines began replacing hand tools and manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work

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loyalist

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an american colonist who supported the british in the american revolution

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manifest destiny

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the belief that the united states was destined to stretch across the continent from the atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean

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monroe Doctrine

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a policy of a U.S. opposition to any Europian interference in the western hemisphere, announced by president monroe in 1823

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migrate

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to move from one location to another

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middle passage

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the middle leg of the triangular trade route the voyage from africa to the americas that brought captured africans into slavery

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mission

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a settlement created created by the church in order to convert native americans ti christianity

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nationalism

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a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country

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patriot

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an american colonist who sided with the rebels in the american revolution

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parliament

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england's chief law making body

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popular sovereignty

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a government in which the people rule, a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue

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propaganda

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an opinion expressed for the purpose of influencing the action of others

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plantation

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a large farm that raises cash crops

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political party

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a group of people that tries to promote its ideas and influence government, and also backs candidates for office

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precedent

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an earlier action or event stated as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances

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republic

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a government in which people elect representatives to govern for them

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secede

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to withdraw

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sectionalism

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the placing of the interests of one's own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole

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sedition

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a 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the war, it set heavy fines and long prison terms for those who engaged anti-war activities

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tariff

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a tax of imported goods

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triangular trade

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the transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between africa, england, europe, the west indies, and the colonies in north america

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unconstitutional

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something that contradicts the law of constitution