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19 Cards in this Set
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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an 1819 agreement in which Spain gave over control of the territory of Florida to the US
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Alien Acts
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a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the US
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antebellum
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belonging to the period before the Civil War
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conscription
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the drafting of citizens for military service
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Glorious Revolution
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the transfer of the British monarchy from James II to William and Mary in 1688-1689
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Great Awakening
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the revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730's and 1750's
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impressment
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the forcible seizure of men for militrary service
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Intolerable Acts
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a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tean Party
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journeyman
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in the apprentice system, a skilled worker employed by a master
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market revolution
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the major change in the US economy produced by people's beginning to buy and sell goods rather than make them for themselves
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Monroe Doctrine
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a policy of US opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
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NAACP
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the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that promotes racial equality
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Navigation Acts
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a series of laws enacted by Parliament, beginning in 1651, to tighten England's control of trade in its American colonies
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profiteer
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a person who sold goods in short supply at inflated prices
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quota system
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a system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year
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Sedition Acts
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a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the US
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Townshend Acts
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a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1767, establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the British colonies in North America
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triangular trade
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the transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America
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Wade-Davis Bill
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a bill, passed in 1864 and vetoed by President Lincoln, that would have given Congress control of Reconstruction
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