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30 Cards in this Set
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spoils system |
when a president is elected he fills government spots with people he wants there |
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tarrif |
tax on imported and exported goods |
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mudslinging |
ruining another candidits reputation |
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Treaty of Guadulupe Hidalgo |
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Tratado deGuadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish), officially entitled theTreaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo (now a neighborhood of ...
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Mexican Cession |
The Mexican Cession of 1848 is 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, but had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the Republic of Texas, though ...
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Gadsden Purchase |
Purchasing a strip of land in southern Arizona and new mexico for rail way and the manifest destiny |
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temperance |
abstinence from alcoholic drink.
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abolitionist |
someone who wants slavery over |
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Underground Railroad |
a chain of safe houses helping slaves escape freely |
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suffrage |
the right to vote in political elections.
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telegraph |
a way of communication through morse code |
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trade unions |
better working conditions with people of the same skill |
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predjudice |
unfair opinion not based on facts |
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discrimination |
unfair treatment to a certain group or person not based on facts
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nativists |
person who doesn't believe in discrimination |
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latitude |
imaginary lines the run east to west |
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longitude |
imaginary lines that run north to south |
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Protestant Reformation |
religous movement |
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quaker |
person that beleives everyone is equal |
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cash crops |
crops grown and sold for profit |
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constitution |
states laws |
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Constitution |
America's new plan of government |
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republic |
a type of government based on free trade and enterprise |
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depression |
a period of low economic acticity |
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federalism |
the federal principle or system of government.
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cabinet |
presidents group of advisers |
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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 |
giving creationship owner ship to person |
