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social studies final
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| primary source | very first artifact (diary) |
| secondary source | anything that describes an artifact (textbook) |
| bering land bridge | a land bridge between siberia and alaska that was discovered during the most recent ice age when the waters of the bering strait receded |
| iriquise confederacy | political alliace of 5 iroquise groups |
| european impact on native americans | europeans prought deaseases to the native americanse that killed them |
| new technologies | sextant, caravels, astrolabe, printing press |
| europeans goals and motivations | money, civilizing, religion |
| columbian exchange | the exchange of plants, animals, deseases, and technolagies between the americas and the rest of the world following colombus's voyages. |
| development of the 13 colonies | different people came for religous freedom, money, land etc. |
| middle colonies | based on ship building, small scale farming and trade. known as breadbasket |
| new england colonies | based on ship building, fishing, lumbering, small-scale substances, farming and manuracturing |
| southern colonies | based on plantations |
| jamestown colony | first permanant english settlement . found in 1607 by the virginia company for economic reason |
| cash crops | agricultural crops planted for the purpose of money |
| puritans | protestant sect in england hoping to "purify" the angelican church of roman catholic traces in practice and organization |
| quakers | protestant reformers who beleive in the equality of all people |
| pilgrims | group of english protestant dessenters who established plymouth colony in massachusettes in 1620 to seek religous freedom after having lived briefly in the netherlands |
| catholics | belong to christ-centered faith community that veiws jesus christ as the foundation |
| virginia house of burgesus | the first representative assembly in the new world. created due to distance between great britainand the colonies |
| causes of the revolution | no taxation without representation |
| patriots | people who wanted their own country |
| loyalists | people who wanted to stay with britain |
| redcoats | british soldiers |
| proclimation of 1763 | western border for the 13 colonies and ensured that colonists could not settle in any place west of the applachian mouuntains |
| significance of the battle of saratoga | convinced the french to give the u.s military support. showed french that the u.s could potentially beat great britain |
| battle of saratoga | a turning piont in the revolutionary war. when america defeated britain |
| declaration of independace | an offical act taken by all 13 colonies in declaring independace from britain |
| articals of confederation | 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| elastic clause | Congress can make laws that are not specifically listed in the Constitution, but are still needed to fulfill its duties. |
| executive branch | - Carries out laws - Proposes laws - Can veto laws - Negotiates foreign treaties - Serves as commander in chief of the armed forces - Appoints federal judges, ambassadors, and other high officials - Can grant pardons to federal offenders |
| legislative branch | Branch of government that makes the laws Congress= Senate and House of Representatives |
| judical branch | Branch of government that interprets and decides if laws are carried out fairly. |
| bill of rights | First ten amendments to the Constitution; major source of civil liberties; applies to states via selective incorporation doctrine; promised to Anti-Federalists to secure ratification of Constitution |
| checks and balances | A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power |
| federalism | sharing power between the federal and state governments |
| electoral college | A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
| washington administration-precedents | actions or decisions that later serves as an example |
| farewell address | 1. no permanent ties... draw u.s into war 2. political conflicts at home (political parties) 3.warned against sectionalism |
| foreign policy | a government's strategy in dealing with other nations. |
| hamiltons finacial plan | called for the government to repay both federal and stae debts. bank of the u.s |
| adams presidancy | XYZ affair |
| XYZ affair | a 1797 French attempt to bribe the United States by demanding money before discussing French seizure of neutral American ships |
| domestic policy | the set of decisions that a government makes relating to things that directly affect the people in its own country |
| impeachment process | 1. the house investigates through an impeachment inquiry 2. the house of rep must pass, by a majority of those present and voting, articales of impeachment, which constitutes the formal allegation or allegation 3. senate tries the accused |
| marbury v. madison | established concept of judicial review, first time supreme court declared something 'unconstitutional' |
| louisiana purchase | the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. |
| lewis and clark | Sent on an expedition by Jefferson to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific. They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase. |
| land aquisition | taking land (lousiana purchase) |
| monroe doctrine | stated that the u.s would view any european attempt to further colonize the americas |
| driving forces of westward expansion | 1. gold rush and mining oppurtunities 2.land and technology 3.belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise. |
| jacksonian democracy | expanded the right to vote for most white men over the age of 211 and made presidents camaign |
| manifest destiny | the idea that the United States is destined by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent. |
| economic oppurtunities | how they are going to make money |
| transportation system | erie canal, |
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