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20 Cards in this Set
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Abolition |
Complete doing away with slavery |
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Allied powers |
WW I alliance that included Serbia, France, Great Britain, Russia, Japan and Italy. |
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Amendment |
A change in a bill, law or constitution |
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Anaconda plan |
Strategy by which the union planned to defeat the confederacy during the civil war |
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Anarchy |
Complete absence of government |
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Antifederalist |
An opponent of the proposed US constitution of 1787 |
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Apprentice |
A person who learns a trade from a skilled worker |
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Articles of confederation |
The plan that established a national Congress with limited powers |
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Backcountry |
An area of thinly populated settlements that stretched from the fall line to the Appalachians |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
The greatest single battle of civil war, won by union |
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Battle of Antietam |
The bloodiest day of fighting in the civil war; neither side won |
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Bill of rights |
He first 10 amendments to e constitution which guarantee the basic rights of citizens |
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Black codes |
Laws passed by southern states after the civil war that strictly limited the freedom of formerly enslaved people |
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Boycott |
The refusal to buy certain items |
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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka |
1954 Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional |
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Buying on margin |
The act of paying a small part of a stock's price as a down payment and then borrowing the rest of the money for the payment. |
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Cary's Rebellion |
The armed rebellion in 1712 led by Thomas Cary against governor Edward Hyde. |
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Carpetbagger |
A term of insult applied to a northerner who went south after civil war |
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Cash crop |
A crop raised for sale rather than for home use |
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Charter |
A legal document that gives permission to explore, settle, and govern land. |
