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| Word | Definitions |
|---|---|
| abolitionist | advocacy of the abolition of slavery |
| american sys | plan offered by Henry Clay for internal improvements |
| black codes | laws passed especially in the south after the civil war to control the actions of blacks |
| compromise of 1850 | california enters the union as a free state, fugitive slave act put popular sovereignty into affect |
| confederate states of america | 11 southern states seceded from teh US in order to preserve slavery |
| democratic party | one of two marjor political parties, owing its start to the split of the democratic-republican party under andrew jackson in 1828 |
| emancipation proclamation | the presidential decree, jan 1st 1863, that freed slaves in the confederate held territory |
| excise tax | tax measured by amount of business done |
| freedmen's bureau | help aid former slaves in 1865 |
| fugitive slave clause | states much return runaway slaves |
| Grandfather Clause | southern states passed to keep blacks from voting |
| Homestead Act | law gave 160 acres to western settlers |
| Indian Removal Act | law to move indians west of the MI river |
| Industrial Rev. | tranformed from agricultural society to mechanized production and factory system |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws in teh southern states in the 19th and 20th centuries that forced segregation |
| Kansas Nebreska Act | overturned the MO compromise to decide slavery by popular vote |
| Know Nothing Party | a nativist political organizationa |
| Louisiana Purchase | bought from france for 15 mil $ and doubled the territory |
| Manifest Destiny | had the right to expand from coast to coast |
| Mexican Cession | land turned over to the us after the mexican war-->CA,NV,UT,WY,CO,AZ,NM |