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Practice for test 3
5-9-18-review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |