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Final Review: Terms
Final Review: US History Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stamp Act | English Act that placed taxes on legal documents in the Colonies; contributed to the American Revolution; “No taxation without representation.” |
| French and Indian War | War between the French and English; English won and the French were kicked out of North America. |
| Spanish-American War | Puerto Rico and the Philippines were annexed to the United States during this war. |
| Suffrage | The right to vote. |
| Middle Passage | Name for the forced voyage of slaves from Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, to the New World. |
| Marbury vs. Madison | Supreme Court case that established the power of the federal courts to declare laws unconstitutional; “judicial review.” |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Intensified the westward movement of settlers into the states between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. |
| Republicans | Party created to end slavery; Lincoln was the first president under this party. |
| War of 1812 | This war produced an American claim on the Oregon Territory; impressment of American sailors; White House burned down |
| Monroe Doctrine | This states that the American continents should not be considered for future colonization by any European powers. |
| Bill of Rights | Anti-Federalists did not support the Constitution because it lacked these. |
| Louisiana Purchase | This doubled the size of the United States overnight. |
| The Alamo | Famous battle in Texas against the Mexicans in which a small band of Americans fought to the death against the much larger Mexican Army. |
| Confederacy | Term used to describe the South during the Civil War; Jefferson Davis was its president. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | This prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender. |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Supreme Court decision that ended segregated schools; said schools must desegregate to be equal. |
| Manifest Destiny | Belief that America would eventually stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. |
| Abolishionists | People who are against slavery. |
| The Cold War | This war lasted from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989. |
| Geneva Convention | Attempted to ensure humane treatment of prisoners of war by establishing rules to be followed by all nations. |
| Trail of Tears | Several tribes were relocated from the Atlantic Coast states to Oklahoma or confined to reservations; Andrew Jackson. |
| Spoils System | A practice of using public offices to benefit members of the victorious party; Andrew Jackson. |
| Atomic Bomb | New weapon that ended WWII in the Pacific; developed during the Manhattan Project. |
| The Final Solution | Germany’s decision to exterminate all Jews and undesirables was called this. |
| Reconstruction | Period after the Civil War that tried to rebuild and help African-Americans in the South. |
| Civil War Amendments | The 13th through 15th amendments are called these. |
| Panama Canal | President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated a treaty to build this. |
| The Great Depression | Over 10 year period when the U.S. suffered a very poor economy; 1 in 4 Americans were unemployed. |
| Stock Market Crash | Over- speculation on stocks using borrowed money caused this to happen. |
| League of Nations | President Woodrow Wilson’s peace-keeping organization. |
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