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Spoils system |
is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the part
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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 |
of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic,
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Mexican Cession |
a historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848,
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Gadsden purchase |
or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854
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temperance |
means restraint and moderation |
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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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Underground Railroad |
a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States |
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suffrage |
the right to vote in political elections |
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telegraph |
a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection |
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trade unions |
another term for labor union. |
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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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nativists |
a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants
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latitude |
Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west as circles parallel to the equator. |
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longitude |
ongitude to specify the precise location of features on the surface of the Earth. |
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Protestant Reformation |
the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, |
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quaker |
A member of the Religious Society of Friends |
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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 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 |
The fundamental law of the United States, drafted in Philadelphia in 1787 |
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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 period of drastic decline in the national economy, characterized by decreasing business activity, falling prices, and unemployment |
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federalism |
the federal principle or system of government |
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cabinet |
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 member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force, in particular one operating in enemy-occupied Yugoslavia, Italy, and parts of eastern Europe in World War II |
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laissez-faire |
abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market. |
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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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