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44 Cards in this Set
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Compromise of 1850
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Agreement designed to ease tensions over slavery in the western U.S.
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Louisiana Purchase
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Louisiana Territory was purchased by the US from France 1803
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War of 1812
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War between the US and Great Britain over land in Canada
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Missouri Compromise
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1820 agreement: missouri could be a slave state and Maine could be a free state. Outlaws slavery in future at 36, 30 N.
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Marbury Vs. Madison
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1803 Supreme Court decision that gave Judicial Review (court can declare something unconstitutional)
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Made it against the law to criticize government officials
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Federalist Papers
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Written by Hamilton, Madison and Jay. Convinced others to support the constitution.
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Triangular Trade
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Trade between America, Europe and Asia
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Middle Passage
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one leg of triangular trade, often refers to the forced trading of slaves
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Columbian Exchange
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The transatlantic trade of crops, technology, and culture between the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia that began in 1492 with Columbus's voyage
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Transatlantic
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Going across the Atlantic Ocean to trade
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Conquistador
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A spanish conquistador
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Colonies
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An area of land settled by immigrants who continue to be ruled by their parent country.
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Indentured Servant
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A person who works for another person for a specified period of time, usually 7 years under contract, in exchange for transportation, food and shelter
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Northwest Passage
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The intended route to access Asia via North America
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Jamestown
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Discovered in 1607. First permanent settlement named after King James. John Smith is the leader.
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Mayflower Compact
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Agreement in which settlers of Plymouth Colony agreed to obey their government's laws.
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Religious Tolerance
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Idea that the people of different religions should live in peace together.
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Propriety Colony
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A colony granted by a king or queen to an individual or a group who has full governing rights.
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Mercantilism
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Economic Theory that a country should try to get and keep as much bullion as possible by importing more goods than it exports
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Balance of Trade
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The difference between imports and exports
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French and Indian War
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French and Indians VS Colonists and Britain, Britain and colonists win, fighting over land in north eastern US
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Great Awakening
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Religions revival 1730s and 1740s
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Stamp Act Crisis
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King George III taxes paper that the colonists used, colonists want representation in government, makes them angry
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First Continental Congress
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Met in Philadelphia to discuss independence from Britain. 13 people there, one from each colony
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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First shots of Revolutionary War are fired here
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Shot heard round the world"
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Starts the revolution at Lexington and Concord
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Revolutionary War
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Colonists VS Britain, colonists fighting for independence
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Common Sense
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Thomas Paine writes this saying that if you don't like how you are governed, it is your right to fight to change it
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Separation of Powers
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The 3 branches of government, legislative, judicial and executive... each has its own powers
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Second Great Awakening
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Second religious revival in the 1800s
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Mexican War
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US VS. Mexico over southern land... US wins (1846 - 1848)
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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Kansas and Nebraska could each be a state and the people there could decide if they would be free or not
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Popular Sovereignty
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The people of the state get to decide how to best rule themselves (free or not)
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Dred Scott Decision
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slave who sued his owner for his freedom
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Bleeding Kansas
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kansas VS nebraska... fighting at the border over slavers
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Civil War
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North (union) vs. South (confederate) over slavery1861 - 1865
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Appomatox
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Courthouse in Virginia where Lee surrenders to GRant
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13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
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13th frees the slaves
14th makes black men citizens 15th gives black males the right to vote |
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Reconstruction
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The plan to rebuild the south after the civil war
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Enforcement Act of 1870
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passed by congress to ban the use of terror, force or bribery to keep black men from voting
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Black Codes
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laws that went against black people
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Freedmen's Bureau
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first major federal relief agency to help blacks with education, food, jobs, etc. 1865
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Sharecropping
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system of farming in which a farmer tends some portion of a planter's land and receives a share of the harvest
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