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Fisher US Review 2
US History Regents Review Packet 2
Term | Definition |
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National Bank | Alexander Hamilton's Idea for a banking system that would strengthen and stabilize the US economy |
Strict Constructionists | People who favor and exact interpretation of the Constitutional powers of the government |
Loose Constructionists | People who favor a more broad sense of the Constitution that gives the government more room to act as needed |
Federal Supremacy | The federal government is more powerful than state or local governments |
Monroe Doctrine | 1823 foreign policy demanding an end to European colonization of the Western Hemisphere |
Manifest Destiny | The belief that America should expand its territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
Louisiana Purchase | Land purchased from France by President Thomas Jefferson; US doubled in size and gained control of port of New Orleans |
Homestead Act | 1862 law passed to encourage settlement of the Western frontier. Settlers were granted 160 acres of land to farm |
Indian Removal Act | 1830 law that forced Native Americans to give up their land and move west of the Mississippi River |
Trail of Tears | Forced removal of Cherokees that led to the death of thousands |
Cherokee Nation v Georgia | 1831 Supreme Court case that declared the court did not have jurisdiction to hear cases from Indian nations |
Worcester v Georgia | 1832 Supreme Court decision that a law requiring natives to have a license to live on a reservation was unconstitutional |
Reservations | Areas of land where Native Americans were forced to move as the US expanded westward |
Dawes Act | 1887 law that attempted to "Americanize" and break up Native American tribes |
Deculturization | Process used to teach Native American children to give up their traditional ways and assimilate into American culture |