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Midterm Review
US History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marbury v Madison | William Marbury was named justice of the peace but James Madison refused to deliver it. Marbury then sued to obtain the right for courts to conduct "judicial review" and determine whether one's actions were constitutional or not. |
| McCulloch v Maryland | It was questioned whether the national bank was constitutional and if federal or state governments have final say to tax the bank. The bank was ruled constitutional, but the states did not have the ability to tax the bank. Federal > State |
| Worcester v Georgia | Native Americans went to court to protect their land that was wanted to mine gold. Native Americans won the case, but Georgia residents still forced them out --> Trail of Tears |
| Plessy v Ferguson | Homer Plessy refused to sit in the car for black people, sending himself to court. The government implemented equal but separate accommodations, segregation. |
| Washington Farewell Address | Washington wanted to guide US in the right path, since they were a new country Washington advised that they stay as neutral as possible when it comes to foreign affairs. |
| Louisiana Purchase | Purchase made by Thomas Jefferson for France (Napoleon) to work towards manifest destiny. |
| War of 1812 | British attacked the US, US defeated them, prompting nationalism. |
| Monroe Doctrine | US was a developing nation fearing that Europe countries would try and interfere, document made to let Europe know that the US had no plan to interfere with European affairs unless that were planning to colonize in the western hemisphere. |
| Mexican-American War | Mexico was upset that Texas, previously their territory, seceded and became part of the US, US won granted them with many of the western states we see today, allowed them to fulfill manifest destiny. |
| Civil War | Separated the union, ended slavery, mass destruction. |
| Susan B. Anthony | Women's rights activist, advocated for women;s right to vote. |
| John Brown | White abolitionist, was hung for his views. |
| Andrew Carnegie | Steel producer, creator of Carnegie Steel, entered into the industry when the railroad industry was booming providing a strong material to use for tracks. |
| Fredrick Douglass | Runaway slave, abolitionist, writer. |
| WEB DuBois | First black man to get a phD, wanted to aid black people to equality |
| Alexander Hamilton | Founding father and war hero. |
| John Locke | Enlightenment thinker, believed in "Life, Liberty, and Property" and natural rights. |
| John Marshall | He established equality between the three branches of government. |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote "Common Sense" pamphlet, wanted to be free from European rule. |
| John D. Rockefeller | Enter into the oil industry, became successful through horizontal integration. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Abolitionist, wrote "uncle Tom's Cabin" exposing the horrors of slavery. |
| Booker T. Washington | Advocated for black rights, established school for black people. |
| John Peter ZENGER | Shared his negative opinions on the US government, went to court which led to the Supreme Court establishing the freedom of press. |
| Great Compromise | Voting would be counted based on population in the HOR and 2 senators each state to represent in Congress. |
| 3/5 Compromise | Agreed the slaves would count as 3/5 of a person when voting |
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri entered as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state. |
| Compromise of 1850 | California entered as a free state, the rest of the land form the Mexican Cession was decided through popular sovereignty |
| Compromise of 1877 | Reconstruction was ended and soldiers were taken out of southern states. |
| Stamp Act | Tax on printed material, major cause of the revolution |
| Northwest Ordinance | Established a government for the Northwest Territory and outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the president to deport "aliens". |
| Embargo Act | All U.S. ports were closed to export shipping in either U.S. or foreign vessels, and restrictions were placed on imports from Great Britain |
| Tariff of Abominations | Sought to protect agricultural products from competition with foreign imports however, the resulting tax on foreign goods would raise the cost of living in the South and would cut into the profits of New England's industrialists. |
| Indian Removal Act | Signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange removing present Native tribes. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Allowed slave owners to recapture slaves that have run away to free states |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Allowed voting of whether the states should be free or slave states |
| Homestead Act | Encouraged westward settlement with the promise of cheap plots of land |
| Jim Crow Laws | Legalized segregation as long as both facilities were of equal quality |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Banned Chinese people from entering the US fearing violence from the ethnic group. |
| Dawes Act | Broke up native tribes, gave free but usually infertile land to native families in attempt to Americanize them, backfired because Native Americans didn't farm and didn't believe in property ownership. |
| Grandfather Clauses | Used to oppress black people's voting rights, only allowed those whose grandfather could vote to be able to vote themselves. |
| Collective Bargaining | The negotiation of workers for better wages, conditions, ect. |
| Constitutional Convention | A convention between the founding fathers deciding how the country would be ran |
| Jacksonian Democracy | The party which encouraged common men to vote, broadening our democracy. |
| Seneca Falls Convention | Convention where the women's right to vote was discussed |
| Social Darwinism | The idea that naturally strong businesses would thrive while weak ones would fail. |
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