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23 Cards in this Set
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Spoils system |
Practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters. |
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Tariff |
A tax on imports or exports |
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Mudslinging |
The use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent. |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic. |
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Mexican Cession |
Area of the present-day United States that Mexico agreed to give up as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War. |
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Gadsden Purchase |
An agreement between the United States and Mexico in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico. |
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Temperance |
The use of little or no alcoholic drinks |
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Abolitionist |
A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery |
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Underground Railroad |
A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north |
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Suffrage |
The right to vote |
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Telegraph |
A device or system that used electric signals to transmit messages by a code over wires |
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Trade unions |
Organization of workers with the same trade or skill |
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Prejudice |
An unfair opinion not based on facts |
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Discrimination |
Unfair treatment of a group; unequal treatment because of a person's race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth |
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Nativists |
A person that favors people born in his country and is opposed to immigrants |
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Latitude |
Imaginary circles that run east to west around the globe |
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Longitude |
Imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole |
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Protestant Reformantion |
The Protestant Reformation was a major 16th century European movement aimed initially at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church |
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Quaker |
A member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement devoted to peaceful principles |
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Cash crops |
Farm crop raised to be sold for money |
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consitution |
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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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 government in which citizens rule through elected representatives |
