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u.s history
review for final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reason why american colonist settled where they did ? | to escape religious persecution, and to expand their wealth and to expand their influence on the worlds affairs. |
| foundation of american democracy | based on a system of checks of balance and of the bill of rights and of the law of the lands. |
| why did the Federalist oppose the ratification of the constitution | it contained no guaranteed that the government would protect the rights of the people or of the states |
| Thomas pain and common sense | A pamphlet by Thomas pain which described that argued that the responsibility for British tyrant lay with the royal brute of Britain. |
| deceleration of independents | a document that declared the right to life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness to be unalienable rights, laws that can not be taken away . |
| shays rebellion | a protest by farmers that caused panic and dismay through the nation |
| Louisiana purchase | a 15$ million purchase that more than doubled the size of the united states. |
| Missouri compromise | a set of arrangements that added main as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. |
| trail of tear | the forced marched of the the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to the Indian reserve. |
| compromise of 1850 | a compromise that appeased both people living in free states and slave states. also known as northerners and Southerners. |
| manifest destiny | expressed as the belief that the united states was ordained to expand from the pacific ocean into Mexican and native american territory. |
| Abraham Lincolns goal | to end slavery in america for ever |
| Seneca falls convention | approved all parts of the declaration of independence including a portion that enabled women voting |
| Resurrection period | The period which the unites states rebuild after the civil war and it lasts from 1865-1867 |
| Andrew Johnson | president after Lincolns assassination of Lincoln who plan is to break down the planters power by excluding high ranking confederate and wealthy southerners land owners from taking the oath needed for voting privileges. |
| results of the civil war | April 3 , 1865 unions beat the southerners at Appomattox court house and the creation of the 13th amendment which freed slaves that only lived in the states that where behind confederate lines |
| black codes | forbade state laws that discriminate black people and severely restricted African american plans. |
| native Americans | the native Indians that are from the great plans. |
| Chinese exclusive act | this banned entry for Chinese people unless going to school or business stuff. |
| homestead act | congresses passed the law offering 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizens. |
| transcontinental railroad | the first of its kind started in 1869 was the first of its |
| development of the great planes | the grassland extended through the west central portion to united states, settlers pushed westward, government restricts native Americans movements. |
| three fifths compromise: | law going towards counting population which counted every five African Americans as three people . |
| tenans | multi family living building in urban areas. |
| reconstruction period goals | to build a better government and economy |
| economic impact from the civil wars | the states were in great debt from the war and they needed rime to rebuild to get stronger |
| women suffrage movement | the reform that fed to the growth of women opportunity to act outside of home. |
| battleship main | navy ship that sank in Havana harbor contributing to the Spanish american war |
| imprisonment | recruitment by force, directly affecting the u.s, was a cause of the war of 1812 |