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sol st final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abolitions | people wanted to end slavery |
| Andrew Jackson | strengthened the economy the most during the 1820's - 1830's |
| appeal | to "call" a higher judge or court |
| apprentice | a person who learns a trade or craft from a master |
| battle | an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size |
| battle of gettysburg | an 1865 civil war battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a union victory and stopped the confederate invasion of the north |
| bill of rights | the first ten amendments to the united states constitution |
| breadbasket colonies | a group of middle colonies in british colonial north american known for their fertile soil and favorable climate that allowed for extensive gain production |
| cash crops | a crop sold for cash at market |
| charter | a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
| checks and balances | a system that prevents any on branch of government from becoming too powerful |
| civil war | a war between people of the same country |
| colony | an area settled and rule by the government of a distant land |
| cash crops | a crop sold for cash at market |
| charter | a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
| checks and balances | a system that prevents any on branch of government becoming too powerful |
| civil war | a war between people of the same country |
| colony | an area settled and rule by the government of a distant land |
| congress | a formal meeting where people come together to discuss issues of questions |
| cotton gin | a machine that separates cotton seeds from cotton fibers |
| declaration of independence | an official act taken by all 13 colonies in declaring independence from british rule |
| discrimmation | a policy or practice that denies equal rights to certain groups of people |
| economy | a system that manages how a society produces, distributes, and consumes goods and services |
| emancipation proclamation | an 1863 declaration by president lincoln freeing african americans in confederate |
| fort sumter | a sea fort in south carolina, that became the site of the first shot fired in the american civil war |
| french and lndian war | a war that took place from 1754 to 1763 that led to the end of french power in north american |
| frontier | the border of an area of settlement; a line which land is not settled |
| gettysburg | the turning point of the american civil war |
| great compromise | a plan at the continual convention that settled the difference between large and small states included 2 senators for each state according to population |
| harriet beecher stowe | 19th century american ablitionist and the author of uncle tom cabin |
| lndian removal act | a law passed by congress in 1830 setting up territories west of the mississipi river where american indian living in existing states could be relocated by president jackson |
| industrial revolution | the change of manual production to machine-powered factory production |
| iroquois | a confedered of native americans nations in the northeastern part of america |
| jamestown | the first permanent settlement in north america |
| judicial review | the power of the supreme court to decide whether the acts of a president of laws passed by congress are constitutional |
| louisiana purchase | the purchase of a vast territory from france by the united states in 1803 |
| manifest destiny | the 1800's beilef that americans had the right to spread across the continent |
| monitor vs merrimac | 1st battle between ironclad war ships |
| monroe doctrine | president monroes foreign policy statement warning european nation not to interfere in latin american |
| native american | the original people of the americans |
| neutrality | not taking sides in a conflict |
| nj plan | a proposal made during the 1787 constitutional convention Philadelphia |
| nortwest ordinance | a 1787 law that set up a government for the northwest territory |
| parliament | a legislative body, or group of people who makes laws for a country or region |
| people | the citizens of a country, forming a nation, living in the territory and subject to the same laws and political institutions |
| steamboat | a boat power by steam |
| tariff | a tax on foreign goods brought into a country |
| tariff of abominations | a tafiff passed by the u.s congress that rasied taxes on imported goods |
| taxes | a way for government to collect money or resources from people to pay for public needs and services, or to support themselves |
| thomas jefferson | wrote the declaration of independence |
| three fifths compromise | an agreement at the constitutional convention that three fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted its population |
| toleration | allowing actions or ideas that are approved of, but are not necessarily actively apposed |
| trail of tears | the FORCED migration by the cherokee and other american indian groups from their southeasten homelands to territories west of the Mississippi river |
| uncle tom's cabin | an anti slavery novel by american author harriet beecher stowe |
| us constitution | the fundamental law of the united states, outlining the structure of the federal govermement and the rights of citizen |
| virginia plan | the plan at the constitutional convention that called for a strong national govermement with three branches and a two-chamber legislature |
| war of 1812 | started because of british trade restrictions, and impressment of american sailors |
| washington | founding father and the first president of the united states, had a policy of neutrality |
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