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20 Cards in this Set
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1. Abolish
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To do away with something
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2. Civil War
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War between opposite groups of the same country
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3. Compromise
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To settle differences by each side giving up something to the other side
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4. Charter
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Document similar to a constitution that outlines a municipality’s powers and borders and the form and structure of its government.
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5. Articles of
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Early version of constitution approved by continental congress; lasted from 1781 to 1789
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6. Ratification
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Change made to the constitution of the United States
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7. Compromise of 1850
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series of bills that were fought over in congress for eight months made to keep the balance between slave and non-slave states
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8. Declaration of Independence
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document that stated the separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain: approved on July 4, 1776
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9. Democracy
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Government by the People
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10. Emancipation Proclamination
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Proclamation issued by Lincoln declaring freedom for all slaves in states still in rebellion against the federal government
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11. Culture
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Patterns of behavior and thinking shared by people in social groups
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12. International Trade
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Trade between nations without restrictive barriers such as tariffs
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13. Fugitive slave Act
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Law declaring that all states must help return runaway slaves to their owners
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14. fugitive slave Law
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The north would support the Fugitive Slave Act and not ban slavery in new states in order to uphold the Compromise of 1850
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15. Intolerable Act
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Four laws passed by the British to punish the colonies
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16. Loyalist
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American colonist who stayed loyal to Britain
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17. Kansas Nebraska Act
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Law that divided the Kansas territory into two states
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18. Land Lottery
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System under which ordinary Georgians could purchase cheap land
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19. Malcontents
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Wealthy colonist of Scottish descent; not as loyal to the Trustee of Britain
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20. Missouri Compromise
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1820 agreement between the North and the South about slavery in New States
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