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101 Cards in this Set
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Bond
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is a certificate issued by a government for an amount of money that the government promises to pay back with interest
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Unconstitution
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contrary to what is permitted by the constitution
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tariff
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a tax on imported goods
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Middle Passage
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The crossing of the Atlantic Ocean as slaves.
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Emancipation
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Freeing of slaves.
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Abolitionism
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Movement to do away with slavery.
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Underground Railroad
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The system by which runaway slaves could reach freedom by traveling at night and being hidden during the day.
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Secession
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Withdrawal from the union.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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White abolitionist who began a newspaper called "The Liberator".
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Frederick Douglass
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He was a run away slave and escaped to the north and became an abolitionist speaker, and was a companion of Abraham Lincoln.
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Harriet Tubman
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Runaway slave who worked with the underground railroad.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
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Dred Scott
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He was a slave who sued for his freedom.
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John Brown
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Declared war on slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln
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President #16.
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the confederacy.
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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An act passed when John Adams tried to keep the French Immigrants out of the USA. It was done in response to French plans to invade New Orleans. It made it illegal to say things harmful to the US, thus limiting freedom of speech. John Marshall ruled it to be unconstitutional. this established an early limit on the power of the federal government.
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French Revolution
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When the French People kicked out their kings.
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Louisiana Purchase
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When Thomas Jefferson purchased all of the French territory of Louisiana.
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Monroe Doctrine
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To keep the Europeans out of the Americas, President Monroe Passed the Monroe Doctrine. Which says that the Americans will fight if you create a colony in the Americas.
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Industrial Revolution
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When Jobs became more efficient because of the invention of the steam engine, cotton gin, etc.
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Eli Whitney
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The man who invented the cotton gin.
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President No.1 George Washington 1789-1797
President No.2 John Adams 1797-1801 President No.3 Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 President No.4 James Madison 1809-1817 President No.5 James Monroe 1817-1825 President No.6 John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 |
President No.8 Martin van Buren
President No.9 William Henry Harrison President No.10 John Tyler President No.11 James K. Polk President No.12 Zachary Taylor President No.13 Millard Fillmore President No.14 Franklin Pierce President No.15 James Buchanan President No.16 Abraham Lincoln |
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Indian Removal Act
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The law passed to remove the Indians and put them on reservations.
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Trail of Tears
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When we marched the Indians to reservations
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Seminole wars
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A war with the Seminole Indian tribe.
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abolitionists
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people that want to abolish slavery.
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slavery
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When certain Peoples are owned by another
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Manifest Destiny
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The belief that the United States should stretch the entire Continent.
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Compromise Of 1850
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A compromise which said that Utah and New Mexico would be added as territories, California was added as a new state, The fugitive slave law was enacted, and the slave trade was banned from the capitol.
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The Kansas\Nebraska Act
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The act added Kansas and Nebraska as states and allowed them to pick if they wanted to be a slave state or a free state.
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Fort Sumter
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A fort in south Carolina that was fired on by the confederates. Those were the first shots fired in the American Civil War
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Liberator
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A abolitionist newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison.
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Nat Turner
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A slave who lead a slave revolt against their masters in 1831. Leading to at least 160 deaths.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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was an executive order issued to the executive agencies of the US by president Lincoln.
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Contrabands
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A runaway slaves who ran away to help the Union army.
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Antietam
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When the North fought the South. Bloodiest single day battle in American history. It was the first major battle in the Civil War. It was also the first battle fought in Union soil.
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Battle of Bull Run
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The Battle of Bull Run was first battle of the American Civil War.
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Naval Blockade
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A naval blockade is a barrier to cut of food and weapon supplies.
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Thirteenth Amendment
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The 13th amendment to the united states constitution outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude except of punishment of crime.
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Quarter Master
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A Quarter Master is a rank in the army, that is in charge of giving supplies to the troops.
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Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800"
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It marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties.
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Reconstruction
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After the Civil War ended, the period of Reconstruction in the South brought great hope for change. For over ten years gains were made: schools were created, teachers were trained, and black politicians were elected into office. As quickly as these gains came, however, they vanished after southern whites took back political power.
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Radicals
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Radicals believed that giving blacks the right to vote was the only way to prevent southern elites from seizing power again. Even though Congress demanded that the southern states enfranchise blacks, Republicans still feared that whites might one day revoke this right. To prevent this, they decided to incorporate black suffrage into the Constitution itself: in 1869 they passed the Fifteenth Amendment to guarantee that all black males had the right to vote.
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Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
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Required all citizens to catch runaway slaves. Citizens found helping fugitives would be fined $1000. Northerners resented the act and many chose not to follow it. Slave catchers would kid-nap free black men and sell them into slavery.
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Sectionalism
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loyalty to ones section/state rather then to the nation as a whole. This is one of the reasons the south seceded.
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Popular Sovereignty
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The right that each territory could decide for itself weather or not to allow slavery. (Kansas, Nebraska, South Carolina)
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John brown
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Raided an area in Harper's ferry Virginian in an attempt to lead a slave revolt. his sons were all killed and he was executed. The North was sad a hero died. The south was happy a murder was killed.
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Election of Lincoln
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The last straw for the South which led them to secede. They felt Congress would be against them.
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Missouri Compromise
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An imaginary line at 36-30'N latitude would divide the Louisiana Purchase into free and slave territories.
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States Rights
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South felt their rights were being violated.
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Bleeding Kansas
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People flooded to Kansas to try and keep the majority of the population pro or anti slavery.
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Outcome of Cotton Gin
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North began to depend on industry. South used slaves to get raw materials.
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siege
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military blocker or government of an enemy town or position order to force it out to surrender
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slave code
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one of a group of laws that controlled every aspect of enslaved African Americans
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smuggling
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illegally import or export goods
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social reform
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organized attempts to improve conditions of life
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states' rights
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the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
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sweatshop
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work place where people work a long hours in poor conditions for low pay
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sustain
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to keep going, to support as just
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surplus
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excess, quantity that is left over
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Telegraph
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invention that allows messages to be sent quickly over long distances by sending electrical signals along a wire
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ratify
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to approve
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realist
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writer or artist who tries to show life as it is
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recall
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process by which voters can remove elected official from office
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Warhawk
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a person in Congress that wants war instead of politics
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women's rights movement
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organize campaign to win property education and other rights for women
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tribute
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forced payment from one country to another
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trench warfare
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form of combat and which soldiers take shelter in opposing lines of ditches
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Veto
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to reject, as when the president rejects a law passed by Congress
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total war
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all out attack aimed to destroying not only enemy army but also its resources and its peoples will to fight
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reinforce
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to make stronger to strengthen to make more effective
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reconcentration
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forced movement of large numbers of people into designated camp for military or political reasons
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nationalism
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devotion to the interests of one's own country, pride in one's own nation or ethnic group
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minimize
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to reduced to the lowest possible amount
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natural rights
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right step along to every human being from birth
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motive
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thought or feeling behind an action
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Minutemen
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colonial militia volunteer who is prepared to fight at a minute's notice
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militarism
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glorification of the military
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mercenary
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soldier who fights Miley for pay, often for a foreign country
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nativist
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person who wanted to preserve the United States for white, american-born Protestants and who was opposed to immigration
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mercantilism
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economic policy that held that a nation prospered by exporting more goods to four nations then imported from them
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neutral
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not favoring either side in a dispute
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popular sovereignty
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the idea that the people are the key source of the government's authority, rights of the people in territory or state to vote directly on the issue rather than having their elected representatives decide
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poll tax
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personal tax to be paid before the ring
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Plantation
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largest state farmed by many workers (mostly slaves)
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National Park
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Natural Area protected and managed by the federal government
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naturalization
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legal process guaranteeing citizenship
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ironclad
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worship covered with protective iron plates
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initiative
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process that allows voters to pull a bill before a state legislature
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loyalist
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person who remained loyal to the Britain during the American Revolution
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lynching
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when a mob illegally seizes and executes someone
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Jury
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Panel of citizens who have the power to make judgments in a trial
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Laissez Faire
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the idea that government should not interfere in the economy
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levy
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to impose a tax by law, to force to be paid
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limited government
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the principle that the government has only the powers that Congress gives it
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mass production
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manufacturing of large numbers of identical products quickly and cheaply
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Industrial Revolution
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gradual replacement of many hand tools by machines
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isthmus
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narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger area of land
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factory system
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methods of production that bring workers in machinery together in one place
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freedom of the press
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right of the newspapers and other public media to publish articles believed to be accurate
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