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132 Cards in this Set
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momement to end slavery
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Abolitionism
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the process of changing the Constitution
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amend
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1815 plan to make U.S. economically self-sufficient
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american system
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anti-federalists
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people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
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Appomattox Courthouse
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where the South finally surrendered during the Civil War
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the process of blending into society
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assimilation
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1676 revolt against colonial authority
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Bacon's Rebellion
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the distribution of power between the 3 branches of gov't.
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balance of power
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1829-1830 attack by President Jackson on national bank
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Bank War
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1836 battle between Indian and colonists over control of the Northwest Territory
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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1863, ended the South's hopes of winning a battle in the North
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Battle of Gettysburg
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1775, first battles of the American Revolution
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Battles at Lexington and Concord
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1863, south lost control of Mississippi
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Battle of Vicksburg
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1781, last major campaign of the American Revolution
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Battle of Yorktown
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1777, turning point of the American Revolution
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Battle of Saratoga
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1863 battle between Texans and the Mexican Army
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Battle at the Alamo
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conflict between proslavery and anti-slevery people in Kansas
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Bleeding Kansas
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when goods are prevented from going into or out of an area
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blockade
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1770, conflict between British and colonists
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Boston Massacre
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1773, protest by colonists in which they dumped tea into Boston Harbor
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Boston Tea Party
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a refusal to buy certain goods
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Boycott
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1849, migration of people to the area after gold was discovered
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California Gold Rush
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a crop grown to be sold rather than used by the farmer
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cash crop
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a contract given to someone to establish a colony
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charter
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each of the three branches of gov't. limits the power of the others
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checks and balances
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the movement of plants, goods,and diseases between the New World and Europe
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Columbian Exchange
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ended Reconstruction
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Compromise of 1877
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the southern states who seceded
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confederacy
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first U.S. gov't.
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Confederation Congress
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the people who vote for a member of government
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constituents
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1787, the meeting of people that agreed on the Constitution
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Constitutional Convention
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military of the colonists
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Continental Army
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the group of leader that governed the colonies during the American Revolution
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Contitental Congress
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1795 invention by Eli Whitney that made processing cotton much easier
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cotton gin
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1861 plan that maght have preveted secession
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crittenden plan
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was the principal route through the appalachian moutains
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cumberland gap
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political party established by Jefferson and Madison
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Democratic-Republican
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idea that states had the right to reject any law passed by Congress
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doctrine of nullification
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everyone is entitled to be treated equally under the law
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due process of law
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a group of voters chosen by each state to elect the President and Vice President
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electoral college
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prevents ships from entering or leaving a port
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embargo
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1825 waterway connected Great Lakes to New York City
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Erie Canal
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the President and his cabinet
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executive branch
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method of building goods that included many workers and machines working in one place
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factory system
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a system of sharing power between the states and the national gov't
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federalism
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supported ratification of the constitution
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federalists
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relations with government of other countris
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foreign polocy
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beginning of the Civil War
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Fort Sumter
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federal agency set up to help former slaves in the South
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Freedman's Bureau
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an economic system that has few gov't restrictions
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free enterprise
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political party formed in 1846 to stop the spread of slavery
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Free-Soil Party
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1754-1763, world-wide war between France and England
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French & Indian War
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Puritan plan of gov't in Connecticut in 1639
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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religious revival, 1730-1740
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Great Awakaning
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agreement reached during the constitutional convention that created the American system of gov't
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Great Compromise
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no one can be held by the gov't without cause
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habeas corpus
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1859 slave revolt
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Harpers Ferry
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the process of accusing a gov't official of wrongdoing
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impeachment
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someone who agreed to work for an employer in exchange for passage to the New World
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indentured servant
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a personal liberty guaranteed by the Bill of Rights
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individual rights
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an economy begins to be based on factories instead of farming
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industrialization
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the idea that as many people as possible should be able to vote
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Jacksonion Democracy
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first permanent English settlement in the New World in 1607
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Jamestown
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the Supreme Court
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judicial branch
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the idea that the Supreme Court has the right do review all laws made by Congress
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judicial review
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war between Puritans and Indians, 1675-1676
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King Philip's War
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the House of Representatives and the Senate; the branch that makes the laws
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legislative branch
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group that explored the lands of the Louisiana Purchase
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Louis and Clark expedition
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everyone, even elected officials, must obey the laws
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limited gov't
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textile mills founded 1826
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Lowell Mills
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someone loyal to England during American Revolution
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Loyalist
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idea that America had a right to all of the land between the east and west coasts
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manifest destiny
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1620 agreement between PIlgrims to establish a gov't in the New World
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Mayflower Compact
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idea American culture is a blend of many different cultures
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melting pot
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economic system in which England controlled the trade of the colonies
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mercantilism
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land in Southwest given up by Mexico in 1848 after the Mexican War
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Mexican Cession
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war between US and Mexico, 1846-1848
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Mexican War
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journey of captured Africans the the New World to be sold
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middle passage
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armed civilians who are supposed to defend their communities
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militia
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group of people who moved west to avoid religious persecution
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Mormons
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to not become allies with any country
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Neutral
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plan of gov't that the constitutional convention considered
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New Jersey Plan
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land that formed the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois
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Northwest Territory
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trail from Missouri to Oregon
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Oregon Trail
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someone who supported the American Revolution
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Patriot
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founded the Plymourth colony
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pilgrims
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large farm that raises cash crops
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plantation
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group of people that supports a candidate running for a gov't position
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political party
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gov't in which the people have the power
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popular sovereignty
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settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Puritans
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wanted to use the federal gov't to impose a new order on the South and wated to grant citizenship rights to former slaves
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Radical Republicans
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the process of approving the Constitution
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ratification
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process of re-admitting southern states into the Union
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reconstruction
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system of gov't in which officials are elected in order to represent the interests of the voters
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representative gov't
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the idea that gov't should be based on the consent of the goverened
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repulicanism
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political party formed in 1854
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Republican Party
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a colony ruled by governers appointed by the king
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royal colony
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English policy of not interfering in the colonies
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salutary neglect
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a trail from Missouri to New York
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Sata Fe Trail
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withdrawl of southern states from the Union
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Secession
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religious revival, 1790-1800
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Second Great Awakening
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tension between North and South as each region placed their own interests above those of the country as a whole
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Sectionalism
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1848 women's rights meeting
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Seneca Falls Convention
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the division of gov't into three branches
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seperation of powers
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1787 uprising of farmers
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Shay's Rebellion
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laws that regulated how slaves could be treated
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slave codes
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a person was owned by another person in order to control their labor
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slavery
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secret society who opposed British policies
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Sons of Liberty
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idea that the power of the states should not be tramples on by the national gov't
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states' rights
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1739 uprising of slaves
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Stono Rebellion
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the right to vote
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Sufferage
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fees charged on an economic activity
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tariff/tax
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1828 tariff that made Southerners angry
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Tariff of Abominations
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people who thought that drinking alcohol was wrong
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temperance movement
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1836, Texas declared it indeperndence from Mexico
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Texas Revolution
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agreement at the constitutional convention that allowed slaves to count as 3/5th of a white person
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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Union strategy to attack not just enemy troops, but anything that helped the enemy: buildings, crops, and rail lines
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total war
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enforced journey by Cherokee Indians in 1838-1839 from their lands in the east to the west
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Trail of Tears
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philosophy that believed in the goodness of humans and which valued experience and intuition above reason and logic
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transcendentalism
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system of trade in which goods were exchanged between Europe, Africa, and the New World colonies
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triangular trade
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right that the government cannot take away
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unalienable rights
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law that is forbidden by the Constitution
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unconstitutional
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series of escape routes for runaway slaves
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Underground Railroad
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growth of cities
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urbanization
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1619, firt representative gov't in the colonies
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Virginia House of Representatives
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plan of gov't that the constitutional convention considered
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Virginia Plan
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1812-1815 conflict between England and US
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War of 1812
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political party formed in 1834
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Whig Party
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1794 protest by farmers
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Whiskey Rebellion
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1846 proposal that would have banned slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico
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Wilmot Proviso
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people who thought that women should have the same rights as men
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women's rights movement
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1797 incident in which French officials demended a bribe from US diplomats
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XYZ affair
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