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Cotton Gin
A machine that quickly and easily separates the cotton fibers from the seedpods and the sometimes sticky seeds, a job previously done by hand.
Gabriel Prosser
Skilled and literate enslaved blacksmith who planned and led a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800.
Indian Intercourse Act 1790
Several acts passed by the United States Congress regulating commerce between American Indians and non-Indians and restricting travel by non-Indians onto Indian land.
War Hawks
A member of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth Congress of the United States who advocated waging war against Great Britain in the War of 1812.
Hartford Convention
Event in 1814-1815 in the United States during the War of 1812 in which New England's opposition to the war reached the point where secession from the United States was discussed.
Missouri Compromise
An agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30' north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
Writ of Mandamus
One of the prerogative writs in the common law, and is issued by a superior court (appellate court) to compel a lower court or a government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.
Judicial review
The right of federal courts to declare legislative acts unconstitutional.
Marbury v Madison
A landmark case in United States law. It formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution
McCulloch v. Maryland
Fundamental case established the following two principles:

1. The Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government.
2. State action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government.
Monroe Doctrine
A U.S. doctrine which, on December 2, 1823, stated that European powers were no longer to colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent states of the Americas.