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2018 Midterm ReviewA
terms to review for the January 2018 US Midterm
Term | Definition |
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1st Amendment | freedom of speech; press; etc. |
2nd Amendment | right to bear arms |
3/5 Compromise | 3 of 5 slaves count for state representation in Congress |
Alien and Sedition Acts | illegal to speak or act against the US government |
Anti-Federalists | opposed to strong federal government |
Appalachian Mountains | original western border of 13 colonies |
Articles of Confederation | first US government; weak; no strong central gov. |
Bicameral Legislature | 2 house Cogress |
Big Business | monopolies-oil; steel; railroads; finance |
Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments to Constitution; protect individual liberties |
Black Codes | rules to prevent black equality |
Civil War | war between North and South over states' rights and slavery |
Common Sense | pamphlet by Thomas Paine urging indepdence from Britain |
Congress | legislative (law making) branch of US government |
Constitution | rules and laws of US government |
Constitutional Convention | meeting to create the Constitution |
Cotton Gin | invention that caused increased demand and productivity for cotton |
Dawes Act | assimilate Native Americans into US culture |
Democracy | government by the people |
Dred Scott v. Sanford | slaves are property not people |
Economic | deals with business; money; jobs |
Elastic Clause | flexibility for Congress to make necessary laws |
Electoral College | group that selects the president of the US; based on electoral votes |
Embargo Act | prohibited US from trading in foreign ports |
Erie Canal | trade and transportation across US |
Europe | continent across the Atlantic from the US |
Executive Branch | president who enforces the law |
Federal | national government |
Federalist Papers | written to encourage passage of the Constitution |
Federalists | wanted a strong federal government |
Fugutive Slave Law | escaped slaves must be returned South |
Granger Movement | farmers working for their economic rights |
Great Compromise | Congress would have 2 houses |
Great Plains | millions moved here as the nation expanded |
Haymarket Riot | union protest against working hours |
Homestead Act | 160 acres of free land in the west |
House of Burgesses | early representative government in Virginia |
Immigration | moving into a new country |
Immigration from China | limited because of nativist feelings |
Indentured Servant | worker that gets room & board in exchange for work |
Indian Removal Act | Native Americans forced off land in southeast and forced west |
Industrial Revolution | new ideas, new inventions, new businesses |
Isolation | keeping separate from other countries' issues |
Jackson, Andrew | forced Native Americans from their land |
Jim Crow Laws | in the South to keep former slaves and blacks from voting |
Judicial Branch | interprets the law |
Judicial Review | Supreme Court decides if a law is constitutional |
Kansas-Nebraska Act | allowed popular sovereignty in KS & NE; repealed Missouri Compromise |
Ku Klux Klan | group that actively worked to prevent equality for blacks |
Legislative Branch | makes the laws |