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33 Cards in this Set
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checks and balances |
the system in which each branch of government can limit the powers or actions of the other branches |
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civil rights |
the rights that are guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution |
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coastal plain |
the broad, flat region that in NC extends 100-150 miles inland from the ocean |
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colony |
a group of settlements far from, but ruled by, the home country |
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Columbian Exchange |
the movement of plants, animals, diseases, and other living things between the Eastern and Western hemispheres |
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Congress |
the lawmaking branch of government |
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consumer goods |
products made for use by the average person, rather than for other industries |
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Corduroy road |
type of road formed by placing logs side by side |
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corporation |
a business owned by many people |
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Crash of 1929 |
the great drop in stock prices that caused the stock market to collapse and began the Great Depression |
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credit |
a way of paying for something in small amounts until it is paid for in full |
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Croatoan |
an island near Roanoke Island which John White's colonists may have visited and the name of the people who lived there |
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Declaration of Independence |
the document adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the US as a nation independent from Great Britain |
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discrimination |
treating some people differently from others because of their race, beliefs, or heritage |
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economy |
the way a group of people produces goods and services |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
the announcement by President Lincoln freeing all enslaved persons in the Confederate States |
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expansionist |
a person who favors taking over land outside his or her own country |
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fall line |
the imaginary line formed by connecting all the points where rivers drop suddenly from highlands to lowlands, forming waterfalls or rapids |
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federalist |
a person who supported the new US Constitution of 1787 |
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fireside chat |
radio broadcast by President Franklin D Roosevelt in which he spoke to Americans in everyday language about how government was dealing with Depression |
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French and Indian War |
a war in which the French and Native American allies fought British soldiers and American militia |
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fugitive slave law |
a law forcing American citizens to return runaway enslaved Africans |
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geographic region |
a large area of land with similar features |
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immigration |
the movement of people from other countries and regions to a new country to live |
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impeach |
to charge a public official with wrongdoing |
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impressment |
the act of seizing people against their will and forcing them into military service |
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indentured servant |
a person who worked without pay for a specified number of years in return for passage to a colony, clothing, food and shelter |
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Industrial Revolution |
a time of great and rapid changes, when people switched from making goods by hand to manufacturing goods with power-driven machines |
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inflation |
an increase in the price of goods and services and decrease in the value of money |
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interest |
a charge for borrowing money |
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Lewis and Clark expedition |
exploration of northern section of Louisiana Territory by explorers led by Lewis and Clark |
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literary fund |
a fund set up by NC legislature to establish a public school system |
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Louisiana Purchase |
the land west of the Mississippi River that US bought from France in 1803 |
