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end of year ss final
study guide to the end of the year social studies final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tariff | taxes on imports or exports |
| Jefferson and Lousiana Purchase, what did he think about it? | He was very pleased with the Louisaian Purchase becauseif offered alot more land for the United STates |
| Lewis and Clark expedition | expedition where two explorers set out to learn more about the west region |
| Embaro act (1807) | law that prohibited american merchants from trading with other countries |
| Britians support of Native Americans | they wanted to contain the rapid western growth of the u.s. to protect its interests in canada |
| Battle of Tippecaone | U.S. victory over an indian confederation that wanted to stop white settlement in the Northwest Territory: increased tentions between britian and u.s. |
| War Hawks | Members of congress who watned to declare war against britian in the early 1800s |
| Jackson vs. the 2nd national bank | did n ot support it because of the nullification crisis |
| Battle of New Orleans | Greatest U.S. victory in the war of 1812 |
| Spolis system | Politicians practice of giving government jobs to their supporters |
| Interchangable parts | process developed by eli whitney in the 1790s that called for making each vital part of a machine exactly the same |
| Lowell mills | Mills that hired young unmarried women in the 1800s to work at |
| Transportation revolution | rapid growth in the speed and convenience of transportation in the united states beginning in the early 1800s |
| Cotton gin | device invented by eli whitney in 1793 to seperate cotton plants fibers from the seeds, revolutionized cotton industry |
| Harriet Tubman | one of the main layds in the underground railroad |
| Seneca Falls convention | convention that helped women get more rights, leaders equal lucretiamott and elizabeth cady stanton |
| Know-noting party | Political organization founded in 1849 by nativists who supported measures making it difficult for goreigners to become citizens and to hold office. |
| Temperance movement | A social reform effort begun in the mid 1800s to encourage people to drink less alchohoal |
| American anti slavery society | Group founded in 1833 by william lloyd garrison and others to work for immediate abolition and racial equality for african americans |
| manifest destiny | belief shared by many americans in the mid 1800s that the united states was meant to expand across the continent to the pacific ocean |
| forty-niners | people who migrated to california in search for gold |
| Richmond Virginia | Main war area during the civil war that was destroyed |
| Emanicpation proclomation | order issued by preisdent lincoln freeing the slaves in the areas rebelling against the Union/ took effect january 1, 1863 |
| Rhode Island System | system developed by samuel slater in the mid 1800s in which families were hired as textile workers |
| Kansas/Nebraska Act | Law that allowed voters in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to choose wheter to allow slavery |
| Marbury v. Madison | U.S. supreme court case that established the principle of judicial review |
| Siege | military blockade of a city or fort |
| battle of gettysburg | Union civil war victory that turned the tide against the confedereates at gettysburg, pennsyulvania |
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