Us History

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Mercantilism

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British said only buy and sell to them

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House of Burgesses

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22 people to represent the colonies in British government

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Fundamental Concepts of D.o.I.

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Preamble, wrongs done by Britain, American attempts at reasoning, announcing our freedom from Britain

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Federal System

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Power balanced between national gov and states (leaning towards national gov)

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Elastic clause~ national bank

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Congress had the right to make the bank, as it was deemed necessary and proper

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Marbury vs Madison

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Court can void acts in Congress if they interfere with the constitution

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Washington's Foreign policy

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Isolationism

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Strict vs. Loose constitution interpretations

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Democratic Republicans vs Federalists

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Louisiana Purchase

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Land x2

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Manifest Destiny

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God given right to expand West

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Monroe Doctrine

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Get out of Americas, Europe

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Industrialization and agriculture

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North and South

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Sectionalism

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Needs of one section over needs of whole nation

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Missouri Compromise

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Missouri slave state

Maine free state

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Kansas Nebraska act

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Peole of Kansas and Nebraska choose whether states are free or slave

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Abolitionist movement

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anti-slavery people attempt to end slavery

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Justification for civil war

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Preserve the union

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Emancipation proclamation

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Slaves in the Confederacy are freed

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13th amendment

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Abolish slavery

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14th amendment

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Defines citizenship

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15th amendment

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Suffrage

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Reconstruction

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Based on forgiveness, confederate states could come back to union if they support the union and constitution, freed slaves in those states

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Johnson's impeachment

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Violated Tenure of Office act

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Jim Crow laws

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Laws supporting segregation

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Sharecropping

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Job many of the newly freed A.A. did; slavery w/o the name

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Literacy tests and poll taxes

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Prevent A.A. from voting

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3 reasons for industrial growth

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Westward expansion

Railroad

Resource surplus

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Laissez-faire

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Free-market capitalism

Gov doesn't play part in the market

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Railroad Expansion impact

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Allowed westward expansion, unified trade amongst the country, growth in industrialization

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Corporation

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Independent legal entity owned by shareholders

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Monopoly

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One business dominates the entire industry

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Why did labor unions have little success?

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Others were willing to work in worse conditions for less pay than the people protesting

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New immigrants

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Eastern Europeans and Chinese

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Nativism

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Natives biased the new immigrants

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Progressivism

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Supports social reform

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Sherman antitrust act

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Monopolies are illegal

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19th amendment

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Women's suffrage

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Imperialism

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Strong nation gains power over weaker nation

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Paternalism

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Governing in an intrusive way over another nation to suit the country's country' best interests

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Imperialists vs Anti Imperialists

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Against the ratification of the treaty of Paris and annexation of the Philippines

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Causes of the Spanish American War

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Wanted to end Spain's colonial rule in Americas, yellow journalism, the Maine

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Open door policy

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Everyone can trade with china

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Dollar diplomacy

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Try to use nation's wealth to make international influences

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Object lesson

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Use an object to teach a lesson