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2018 Midterm ReviewA
terms to review for the January 2018 US Midterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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