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34 Cards in this Set
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manhood suffrage |
the right of white males to vote even if they owned no property |
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Mecklenburg Resolves |
a document, created in 1775, by the colonists of Mecklenburg County, which stated that British laws were no longer in effect, and provided for creation of an independent local government |
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middle passage |
the journey across the Atlantic endured by captured Africans on their way to slavery in America |
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minuteman |
ordinary citizen of colonies who was armed and trained to fight British at a moment's notice |
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monopoly |
complete control of an industry by one person or company |
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natural resources |
the parts of nature that people use in some way |
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naval stores |
products from pine trees, such as pitch and tar, used in shipbuilding |
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New Deal |
program by Franklin D. Roosevelt intended to end the Great Depression |
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Piedmont |
the hilly region between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains |
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Pilgrim |
a person who makes a journey for religious purposes |
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plantation |
a large farm on which crops are grown for sale and on which people who raise the crops live |
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popular sovereignty |
a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue |
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Puritan |
a person who wanted to change and purify the Church of England |
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Quaker |
the religious sect known as the Society of Friends |
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Quartering Act |
a law that required colonists to feed and shelter British troops stationed in the colonies |
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ratify |
to formally approve |
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Reconstruction |
the process of rebuilding the South after the Civil war |
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republic |
any government that is not ruled by a king or queen and in which power rests with the people |
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revolution |
a great change |
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scalawag |
a dishonest person |
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secede |
to withdraw from the nation |
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segregation |
to separate |
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sharecropping |
a system of farming in which a farmer rented land and provided labor in return for a share of the crop |
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sit-in |
a means of peaceful protest |
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slash and burn |
a method in which trees and brush are burned to clear land for fields and villages |
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slave codes |
laws in the South that kept enslaved persons from voting, moving freely, or meeting in large groups |
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Social Security Act |
a bill passed in 1935 that required workers and employers to pay into a special fund that would pay out pensions to workers after they retired |
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Stamp Act |
a law that stated that colonists had to pay for the stamping of taxable paper items |
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surplus |
an amount over what is needed |
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tidewater |
the low-lying eastern part of NC Coastal plain |
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triangular trade |
triangle-shaped trade routes among the colonies, the West Indies, Africa, and Europe |
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veto |
to reject or refuse to sign a bill |
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Underground Railroad |
a series of hiding places forming the route to freedom for African Americans fleeing slavery |
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Trail of Tears |
tragic journey of the Cherokee people from their homeland to what is today Oklahoma, during which thousands of Cherokee died |
