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U.S History Terms

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Judicial Review 1.re-examination by judges: a reassessment or re-examination by judges of a decision or proceeding by a lower court or a government department
Monroe Doctrine Stopped European countries from colonizing in the americas. Threaten to go to war.
Indian Removal Act Andrew Jackson called for all native americans to be pushed farther west so the US could expand.
Trail of tears The route native americans took during the indian removal act. 2/3 of natives died
Temperance restraint or moderation. Abstinance from alcohol
Missouri Compromise Missouri would become a slave state, maine would become a free state and all territorys above the missouri border would be free
secede to break away from
Nativism the policy or practice of preserving or reviving an indigenous culture.
Manifest Destiny Americans believed it was their god given right to settle the western reigon of the Americas
Abolishonist Someone who wants to get rid of
Scalawag were southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the American Civil War
Underground railroad a system of routes the Abolishonists created in order to get slaves to the north to free them
Dred Scott A slave that believed he was free after his master died. Sued the master's wife claiming her was free. Court said blacks have no rights
Freedman's bureau an agency used to help reconstuct the south. helped slaves with food, shelter, and education
Carpet Bagger Northerners who moved to the south to start businesses and run for political office
Black Codes laws in the south to ensure that slaves had very limited rights
radical republicans People who believed that the south should be punished after the civil war
13 amendmant abolished slavery and unvoluntary servitude
14th amendmant all people born in the united states are citizens.
15th amendmant prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".
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