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Practice for test 3
5-9-18-review
Question | Answer |
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Manifest Destiny | Westward Expansion |
Big Stick Policy | Monroe Doctrine |
Monroe Doctrine | Stop Europeans from taking more land in the Western Hemisphere |
Theodore Roosevelt | Progressive Era President |
Checks and balances | To make sure one branch of government doesn't get more power than the others |
French & Indian War | First war in America, started taxes, and the Proclamation line |
Proclamation line | The western boundary of the colonies, located at the Appalachian mountains |
New England Colonies | Cold weather, know for fishing, boat making |
Middle Colonies | Mild climate, the bread basket |
Southern Colonies | Hot and fertile soil |
Mercantilism | Process of when a country takes another for trade |
Thomas Jefferson | Influenced by John Locke, one of the writers of the Declaration of Independence |
Articles of Confederation | First Constitution, it gave all the power to the states |
13th Amendment | Abolished slavery |
14th Amendment | Gave African Americans citizenship |
15th Amendment | Gave African Americans the right to vote for males only |
Sherman Anti trust act | The law that eliminated monopolies |
Trusts | Another name for monopolies |
Labor Unions | Goal was to improve wages, working conditions |
Homestead Act | A law that gave land and money to people to move out west, take away Indian land |
Prohibition | banning the sale and distribution of alcohol |
Temperance Movement | Women blaming societal problems on alcohol |
Southern & Eastern Europe | Areas of Europe where most Immigrants came from during the early 1800's |
Dawes Act | law to try to assimilate (Americanize) Native Americans |
Trail of Tears | Forceful removal of Native Americans from their land into reservations |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott | Women's rights movement |