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30 Cards in this Set
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secession |
withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
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blockade |
To seal off some place to keep goods or people from entering or leaving. |
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habeas corpus |
a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.
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inflation |
a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
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13th Ammendment |
An amendment to the Constitution that banned slavery in the United States. |
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14th Amendment |
An amendment to the Constitution that granted full citizenship to anyone born in the United States and granted Equal Protection Laws. |
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15th Amendment |
An amendment to the Constitution that prohibited the state and federal governments from denying any male citizen the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. |
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impeach |
formally charging the president of the United States with wrong doing. |
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grandfather clause |
It prohibited state and federal governments from denying any male citizen the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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Jim Crow Laws |
This law required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place.
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latitude |
the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
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Longitude |
the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
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Protestant Reformation |
a religious movement of the 16th century that began as anattempt to reform the Roman CatholicChurch and resulted in the creation of Protestantchurches
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Quaker |
a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox circa1650 and devoted to peaceful principles. Central to the Quakers' belief is the doctrine of the “Inner Light,” or sense of Christ's direct working in the soul. This has led them to reject both formal ministry and all set forms of worship. |
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Cash Crops |
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
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constitution |
A plan of government. |
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Constitution |
a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
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republic |
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
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depression |
a long and severe recession in an economy or market.
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federalism |
the federal principle or system of government.
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cabinet |
(in the US) a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government.
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capitalism |
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
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partisan |
a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.
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laissez faire |
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
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patent |
a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
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tariff |
a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
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abolitionist |
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
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suffrage |
the right to vote in political elections.
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prejudice |
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
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discrimination |
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
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