Vocab Final Review

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Abolitionist

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A person involved in the movement to end slavery

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Alien

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A foreigner

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Articles of confederation

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A document, adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States

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Boycott

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The refusal to buy certain goods

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Bill of rights

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The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms.

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Boston Massacre

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A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispis Attucks, were killed

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Boston Tea Party

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The dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest Tea Act.

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Cabinet

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A group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers.

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Cash Crop

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A crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use.

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Conquistador

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A Spaniard who traveled to the Americans as an explorer and a conqueror in the 16th century.

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Cotton Gin

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A machine invented in 1793 that cleaned cotton much faster and far more efficiently than human workers.

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Columbian Exchange

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The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and the Eastern hemispheres.

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Culture

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A way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs.

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Colonization

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To send a group of settlers to a place and establish political control over it.

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Emigrant

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A person who leaves a country.

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Frontier

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Unsettled or sparsely settled area occupied largely by Native Americans.

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Immigrant

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A person who settles in a new country

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Industrial revolution

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In late 18th century Britain, factory machines began replacing hand tools and manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work.

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Loyalist

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An American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution

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Manifest Destiny

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The belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

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Monroe

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An industrial and commercial city in north central Louisiana, in a natural gas producing area.

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Migrate

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To move from one location to another

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Middle Passage

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The middle leg of the triangular trade route- the voyage from Africa to the Americas- that brought captured Africans into slavery.

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Mission

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A settlement created by the church in order to convert Native Americans to Christianity

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Nationalism

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A feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country.

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Patriot

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An American colonist who sided with rebels in the American Revolution

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Parliament

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England's chief law-making body.

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Popular Sovereignty

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a government in which the people rule; a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue.

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Propaganda

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an opinion expressed for that purpose of influencing the actions of others.

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Plantation

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a large farm that raises cash crops

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Political Party

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a group of people that tries to promote its ideas and influence

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Precedent

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an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.

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Republic

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a government in which people elect representatives to govern for them.

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Secede

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to withdraw

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Sectionalism

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the placing of the interests of ones own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole.

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Sedition

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a 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the war; it set heavy fines and long prison terms for those who engaged in anti-war activities.

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Tariff

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tax on imported goods.

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Triangular Trade

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the transatlantic system of trade in which goods including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies of North America.

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Unconstitutional

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something that contradicts the law of the Constitution.

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Apprentice

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a beginner who learns a trade or a craft from an experienced master.