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8th Semester test
8th Semester Test Sec. 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| neutral rights | the rights to sail the seas and not take sides with other countries |
| Francis Scott Key | wrote the Star Spangled Banner. |
| The U.S. Army was | poorly trained for the War of 1812. |
| 8th ammendment | excessive bail or fines shall not be required, nor cruel and unusual punishment |
| 9th amendment | powers are reserved to the people, not only as they are listed in the Bill of Rights |
| 10th amendment | protects the states and the people from the all-powerful federal government |
| caucus | a system where major political parties chose their party's candidate for president or decide a policy |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| nullify | to cancel |
| mudslinging | an attempt to ruin someone's reputation with insults |
| 12th amendment | House of Representatives selects the President, when no candidate receives the majority of electoral votes. |
| discrimination | the unfair treatment of groups of people |
| prejudice | unfair opinions not based on facts |
| trade unions | formed to fight for higher pay, shorter hours, and better working conditions |
| strike | to refuse to work |
| industrialization | the changing an agrarian society to a society that is based on industry (factories) |
| in 1850, the South's economy was | thriving due to cotton crops and cheap labor provided by slaves. |
| capital | money to invest in a business |
| Eli Whittney | invented the cotton gin |
| The cotton gin led to the | demand for more slave workers. |
| yeomen | farmers that did not have slaves |
| transcendentalists | stressed that the relationship between humans and nature as well as the importance of the human conscience |
| Dorthea Dix | made it her life's mission to educate the public of the poor living conditions for the mentally ill and prisoners. |
| abolitionists | reformers who worked to end slavery |
| Sojourner Truth | worked for abolitionism and women's rights. |
| Underground Railroad | escape routes for slaves from the South to the North |