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APUSH - THE NEW NATION TO THE CIVIL WAR

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Dorothea Dix   Woman who traveled across America with the goal and persistence to better the conditions and treatments of mentally ill people.   show  
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Essex Junto   Aaron Burr joined this small group, which were radical Federalists that plotted the succession from the Union of the New England state.   show  
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Robert E. Lee   Confederate Army military general.   Defeated Burnside at the Battle of Fredericksburg.   show
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Charles G. Finney     show  
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show These Shawnee brothers organizer a large confederacy to prevent the American advance westward.      
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John Adams   First vice president and later defeated Thomas Jefferson in the presidential election of 1800.     show
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show This American Authors book, The Scarlet Letter, raise questions about religion and society.      
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Sojourner Truth   show    
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Copperheads   Northern Democrats who opposed to Lincoln's war policies and were concerned with the growth of presidential power.   show  
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Andrew Jackson       show
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Nativists     show  
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Border Ruffans       show
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The Constitutional Union Party       show
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Republican Party     show  
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show Opposed Andrew Jackson. Supported the bank of u.s. (national bank), high tariffs, federal funding for internal improvements, political action for social reform divided on terms of slavery to conscience and cotton whigs, and Henry Clay.      
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American Party   show    
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Senate   show    
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show People who were in favor of the Constitution and a strong central government. Usually merchants from the north that had close ties to British trade networks.      
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Popular Sovereignty   show    
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Anti-Masons   show    
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49ers   show    
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Harriet Tubman   This woman along with Sojourner Truth helped slaves escape to the north using the network called the Underground Railroad.     show
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Writ of Habeas Corpus   A court order requiring jailers to explain to a judge why they are holding a prisoner in custody.     show
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The North Star   Antislavery journal, published by Fredrick Douglass, wrote about the ugliness of slavery for readers, and argued that slavery went against the Constitution .   show  
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Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!   Slogan used in the campaign of William Henry Harrison, a war hero, and John Tyler. The pair won, easily defeating Martin Van Buren in the 1840 election.   show  
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Corrupt Bargain   show    
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Greenbacks   Currency was used in place of gold during wartime     show
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Perfectionists   show    
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show Stretches Congress' power to make laws that pertain to carrying out delegated powers.      
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Wilmot Proviso   Bill that said that slavery was not allowed in the newly acquired territory from the War with Mexico, was proposed and passed in the House of Representatives but was rejected by the Senate.     show
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Walden   This book written focused on the self-initiated experiment where he excused himself from society by living in seclusion in the woods for 2 years.   Book written Henry David Thoreau   show
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show Influential essay that advocated passive resistance as a form of justifiable protest.   Essay that later inspire movement leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   Essay written by Henry David Thoreau  
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Report on Public Manufacturers   show    
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Trail of Tears     show  
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Compact Theory   Belief is based on the idea that the federal government was formed because of a compact between states.   show  
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Central Government   This government's power exceeds the power of the states. This idea is strongly supported by James Madison.   show  
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Factions   show    
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show Term used to describe slavery. In 50 years the number of American slaves, grew from about 1 million to almost 4 million in the south.      
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Scorched Earth   show    
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Kitchen Cabinet   show    
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The American System   show Planned to establish a protective tariff, national bank, and improve the country's transportation system.    
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The Missouri Compromise   Maine is admitted as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and no slavery is allowed north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory.     show
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Cult of Domesticity       show
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Midnight Judges   show    
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House of Representatives   This branch of government is comprised reflect the population of individual states.   show  
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Ironclads   show    
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The Rush-Bagot Treaty     show  
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show This act gave federal lands to states for the purpose of building schools that would teach agriculture and technical trades.      
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Indian Removal Act     show  
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Underground Railroad   show    
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Treaty of Ghent   show    
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Spoils System     show  
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Non-Intercourse Act of 1809       show
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Embargo Act     show  
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Bull Run       show
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show Protest caused by a tax on liquor.   Protest that tested the will of the government and Washington's quick response showed the government's strength and mercy.    
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The Pacific Railway Act Of 1862     show  
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Emancipation Proclamation       show
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Maine Law     show  
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Panic Of 1837       show
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Xyz Affair       show
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Strict Constructionist       show
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show Compromise made at the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house.      
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The Star-Spangled Banner     show  
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Cherokee Nation V. Georgia   Court decided that the Indian tribes could not sue in federal courts but that they were under the jurisdiction of the U.S. and could only give up their land voluntarily.     show
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Lecompton Constitution     show  
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Orders In Council     show  
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Bank Of The United States     show  
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Freedmen   Slaves who escaped to the north and enlisted in the union army.   show  
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act     show  
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Dred Scott V. Stanford       show
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Bleeding Kansas   show    
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Compromise Of 1850       show
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Virginia Plan   show    
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Eli Whitney       show
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Gadsden Purchase     show  
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New York Draft Riots       show
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Harriet Beecher Stowe   Wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' (published in 1852) which told of the horrors of slavery and the terrible racism African Americans got from Northerners. Gave those who'd never been to the South a view into the terrible world of slavery.   show  
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show Meeting by Federalists dissatisfied with the war to draft a new Constitution.   Resulted in seemingly traitorous Federalist party's collapse.    
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Fugitive Slave Law     show  
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Henry David Thoreau       show
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Battle Of New Orleans       show
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French Revolution   show    
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Panic Of 1819       show
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Era Of Good Feeling   show    
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Ralph Waldo Emerson       show
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Burr Conspiracy     show  
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Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo   show    
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion     show  
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The Adams-Onis Treaty     show  
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Worcester V. Georgia   show    
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The Homestead Act Of 1862     show  
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The Monroe Doctrine   show    
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Brigham Young     show  
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Joseph Smith   show    
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Sarah And Angelina Grimke     show  
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Force Bill     show  
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Appomattox Court House     show  
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Berlin Decree     show  
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The Judiciary Act Of 1789       show
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Tallmadge Amendment       show
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Judiciary Act Of 1801     show  
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Revenue Act Of 1789   This act placed tariff on imports, a rate much lower than Alexander Hamilton had desired.     show
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Harper’s Ferry   Armed slave revolt led by John Brown.   show Raid that was demolished by a detachment of U.S. Marines led by Robert E. Lee.  
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show Dangerous path, which was originally rarely used, but in the mid-1840s was used by thousands.   Took some travelers up to six months to reach their destination.    
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Gettysburg     show  
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