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21 Cards in this Set
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Annex
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To incorporate new land into an existing country
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Bicameral
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Term used to describe a two-house legislature, with the "upper" house being the Senate, representing the states and the "lower" house being the House of Representatives, representing the people
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Cash Crop
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Crops grown by farmers that are mainly grown for sale rather than personal use
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Cede
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To become part of a country or a state
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Democracy
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Literally "rule by the people"; a system of government in which the people have a say by means of voting, usually through elected representatives
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Embargo
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A regulation that forbids trade, usually between two or more countries
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Habeas corpus
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A court order requiring authorities to bring a prisoner before a court to determine if the prisoner is being held legally
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Nullification
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A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it deems unconstitutional
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Popular Sovreignty
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A system in which residents vote to decide on issues
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Ratify
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To make official
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Republic
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A country in which people rule through elected representatives
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Tyranny
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Rule by a tyrant; cruel and unreasonable use of power or control
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Veto
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A constitutional right held by the President to reject a bill and not sign it into law
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Manifest Destiny
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An idea held by Americans that states that the United States should expand westward to the Pacific Ocean
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Texas
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A former state of Mexico, which American settlers moved to and Mexico wanted to keep the possession of, which lead to the United States going to war with Mexico over who owned it
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James Knox Polk
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President of the United States from 1845 to 1849 and believed that the war with Mexico would give the United States not just Texas, but New Mexico and California as well
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"Fifty-four forty or fight"
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Slogan used by the United States to call for an annexation of the entire Oregon Territory
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California Gold Rush
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A period of time lasting from 1848 to 1855, when American settlers migrated to California to seek fortune in gold
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Mexican-American War
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A war fought by American and Mexican soldiers over the westward expansion of the United States
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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A treaty signed by the United States and Mexico that agrees to the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas and gave the United States control of what is now California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming in return for $15 million
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Gadsden Purchase
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Territory acquired from Mexico in 1853 that includes the parts of what is now Arizona and New Mexico not acquired in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo for $10 million
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