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8th Grade: STAAR testing: Supreme Court Cases, Wars, Indust Rev, etc.

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Marbury v. Madison   establishing judicial review, the Supreme Court can rule a law unconstitutional  
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McCullouch v. Maryland   the Supreme Court ruled that national law is superior to state law.  
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Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford)   The Supreme Court ruled that slaves are property and therefore have no rights as citizens  
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French & Indian War   War between the French and the British. They were fighting for control of North America. The consequence was taxes on the colonists.  
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American Revolution   Conflict between the British and their American colonists. Battles included: Lexington & Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown  
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Lexington & Concord   1775 - first shots of the revolution  
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Saratoga   1777 - turning point of the revolution because France decided to help colonists  
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Yorktown   1781 - final battle of the revolution  
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War of 1812   War began over the impressments of American sailors. Nothing changed after this war. Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner during this war.  
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Battle of New Orleans   1814 - battle that made Andrew Jackson a hero. Took place after the war ended.  
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Mexican-American War   1846-1848: War that erupted over annexation of Texas. It ended with Mexico giving the U.S. the Mexican Cession (present day Calif., Ariz, NM, NV, & parts of Colorado and Wyoming). US also purchased a strip of land known as Gadsden Purchase from Mexico  
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Civil War   1861-1865 War between the North and South over slavery and states' rights  
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Ft. Sumter   1861 - opening shots of Civil War  
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Gettysburg   1863 - turning point of Civil War  
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Vicksburg   1863 - gave the North control of the Mississippi River  
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Appomattox Courthouse   1865 - Lee surrendered to Grant thus ending the Civil War  
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Cotton gin   machine invented by Eli Whitney that quickly and easily removed the seeds from cotton. This allowed slaves to use their time to pick more cotton, thus causing slavery to continue.  
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Interchangeable parts   parts that could be used interchangeably in any machine or item that is the same (ex: guns)  
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Steamboat   a ship that is powered by steam  
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Canal   man made waterway ususally connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans  
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Turnpike   a road where a toll or fee is collected  
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Bessemer steel process   first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel  
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Cottage industry   the production of goods in the home; producing goods by hand  
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Factory system   the production of goods in a factory setting with the use of machines  
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Technological innovation   new ways of doing things using the latest technology. Improves the way people live and do things  
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Transportation system   development of a system that allows for the transporting of a large amount of people or goods  
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Urbanization   movement of people from rural areas to cities. People moved to be closer to factories  
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Industrialization   production of goods using machines in a factory setting  
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Temperance   social movement that called for the ban of alcohol sales and consumption  
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Prison reform   movement led by Dorothea Dix; called for mentally unstable people to be moved into facilities dedicated to their care  
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Public education   Horace Mann led the common school movement. It allowed all children to be educated in the same setting  
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Abolitionist movement   people who called for an end to slavery  
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Women's rights   movement led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. They called for equal rights for women.  
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1607   Jamestown was established. This is first permanent English settlement in North America.  
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1776   Declaration of Independence was written and signed.  
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1787   The U.S. Constitution was written.  
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1803   Louisiana Purchase  
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1861   Civil war starts  
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1863   Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address  
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1865   Civil War ends  
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