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History 9
Term | Definition |
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13th Amendment | Abolition of Slavery. |
14th Amendment | Rights of Citizens. |
15th Amendment | Voting rights prohibits the govern from denying a persons right to vote on the basis of race. |
16th Amendment | Income tax congress have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes. |
17th Amendment | Direct election of senators. |
18th Amendment | Prohibition prohibited the production. |
19th Amendment | Woman Suffrage- gave woman the right to vote. |
Causes of European Exploration | Expanding horizons, scientific advances. |
Who are federalits | Supporters of the constitution. |
Who are anti federalits | Opponents of the constitution. |
Who led troops over the delware river north in the battle of Trenton | Washington |
How many British troops set out for concord | 700 |
What are revenue tariffs | Tax on imports for the purpose of raising money. |
What is a protective tariff | tax on imports designed to protect american manufacturers. |
Weaknesses of the articles of confederation | lack of power to impose taxes, regulate trade. |
Writing the constitution | was based on the idea of popular sovereignty or ruled by the people. |
Charles Cornwallis | Virginia most important battle of revolutionary |
Legislative Branch | makes the law. |
Judicial Branch | Supreme court |
Executive Branch | President |
Louisiana Purchase | U.S. bought Louisiana from france |
Causes of war of 1812 | Britain refused to drop its trade restrictions, congress passed a nonimportation act against britain. |
Results of war of 1812 | Nations prestige overseas generated a new spirit of patriotism. |
Spoils System | The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters. |
Nativism | The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. |
Manifest Destiny | The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. |
Whig Party | A political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States. |
Women's Movement | A series of political campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage, all of which fall under the label of feminism and the feminist movement. |
When was the fugitive Slave Act passed | September 18, 1850 |
Kansas-Nebraska Act | Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. |