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U.S History

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Reconstruction   program brought up by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repair damage to the south caused by the civil war and restore the southern states to the union  
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Popular Sovereignty   The People Rule , democracy  
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Limited Government   The government is limited by the law  
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Federalism   The division of power between the state and national government  
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Separation Of Powers   Executive branch,Legislative branch , Judicial branch  
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Checks and balances   gives each branch of the national governments ways to check , or control,the other branches witch prevents too much power to one branch  
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Flexibility   features of the constitution that have made it possible for the document to meet changing conditions  
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Spoils System   government given jobs  
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black codes   laws that restricted African Americans rights and opportunities  
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First Constitution   The Articles Of Confederation  
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Administration   staff of executive branch  
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Precedent   act or statement that becomes an example rule or tradition to be followed  
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Cabinet   group of senior officials appointed by the president that heads the executive department and advises the president  
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Federal   National  
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Shays Rebellion   Farmers rebellion led by denial shays against higher taxes in Massachusetts  
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Ratification   Official Approval  
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Federalist   One who favored ratification of the constitution  
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Anti-Federalist   One who was against ratification of the constitution  
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Bill of rights   First ten amendments to the constitution;written list of freedoms guaranteed to citizens by the government  
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cash crops   grown for sale  
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staple crops   that are in good demand  
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Magna Carta   English document from 1215 that limited the power of the king and provided basic right to citizens  
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Non importation Agreement   Colonial consumer boycotts of British exports as a response to taxes passed by parliament  
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13th amendment   abolished slavery  
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15th amendment   guaranteed voting rights  
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14th amendment   defined citizenship and equal protection rights  
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Tenant farming   system in witch a farmer paid rent to a landowner for the use of the land  
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Enforcement Acts   1870 and 1871 laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizens rights to cook  
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Freedman Bureau   Federal agency designed to aid freed laves and poor white farmers in the south after the civil war  
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Radical Republican   Congressman who advocate full citizenship rights for African Americans along with a harsh reconstruction policy toward the south  
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Integration   Bringing people of different races,religions,and social classes together  
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Scalawag   Negative term for a southern white who supported the republican party after the civil war  
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Carpetbagger   Negative term for northerners who moved to the south after the civil war  
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Impeach   Accusation against a public official of wrong doing in office  
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Redeemer   Term for white southern democrats who returned to power after 1870  
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Compromise of 1877   Agreement by witch Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 presidential election and in exchange agreed to remove the remaining federal troops from the south  
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Solid South   Returning the south back to the democrats after the civil war and ended reconstruction  
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Tenure of office act   stated that the president could not remove officials appointed with the senates consent unless the senate agreed to their removal  
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Blockade   military tactic in witch a navy presents vessels from entering or leaving its enemy's ports  
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Anaconda Plan   Northern civil war strategy to starve the south by blockading seaports and controlling the mississippi river  
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Border State   states that allowed slavery but remained in the union  
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Shiloh   1862 civil war battle where nearly 25,000 union and confederate troops were killed or wounded  
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Contraband   supplies captured from an enemy during wartime  
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Emancipation Proclamation   decree by president Lincoln the freed enslaved people living in confederate states still in rebellion  
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Antietam   1866 civil war battle in witch 23,000 troops were killed or wounded in one day  
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Militia Act   1862 law that allowed African American soldiers to serve in the union military  
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54th Massachusetts Regiment   More than 180,000 African American volunteers had served in the union military  
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Homestead Act   1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for 5 years  
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Conscription   drafting of citizens into military service  
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Copperhead   negative term given to antiwar northern democrats during the civil war  
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Habeas Corpus   Constitutional guaranteed that no one can be held in prison without charges being field  
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inflation   raising prices  
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income tax   tax that must be paid by individuals and corporations based on money earned  
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siege   military tactic in which an enemy is surround and all supplies are cut off in an attempt to force a surrender  
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Total War   military strategy in which an army attacks not only enemy troops but the economic and civilian resources that support them  
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Poll Tax   Tax imposed on every voter in the south those who could not afford the tax did not vote  
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Literacy Test   required citizens to prove they could read and write before they could vote  
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Grandfather Clause   Allowed the cons or grandsons of those who were eligible to vote in 1867 to vote even if he could neither pay the tax or pass the test  
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Plessy v. Ferguson   Supreme Court ruling that said "seperate but equal made segregation legal" is ok made jim crow laws legal(Segregation laws)  
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McCullough v. Maryland   Upholds the use of the elastic clause ,federal supremacy over a state  
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Purposes of the deceleration of independence   a)to announce to the world that colonies were independent b)to explain and justify why the colonies had declared independence  
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Three key idead of the decleration of independence   a)natural right b)government by consent of the governed c)right to over throw the government if it dosent protect the rights  
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loose construstion   belief that the government has any power not forbidden by the constitution  
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Tariff   tax on imported goods  
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strict construction   belief that the government is limited to powers clearly stated in the constitution  
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Whiskey Rebellion   1794 uprising in western Penn that opposed the federal excise tax on whiskey  
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political party   organization of people who vote for the winner elections and hold public office in order to shape government policy  
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democratic republican   led by Jefferson , one of the first political parties in the united states  
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Bicameral Legislature   Law making body made up of two houses  
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NW Ordinance of 1787   law which provided a basis for governing the northwest territory  
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Alexander Hamilton   helped win the ratification vote in new york . thought the average person was stupid  
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James Madison   wrote 29 of the federalist papers , elected to the connection to ratify the constitution that he played a large role in creating helped , frame the bill of rights  
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Great Compromise   compromise between the Virgina and new jersey plans for a bicameral legislature , each state would have equal representation in the senate and varied representation in the house of representatives based on the states population  
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electoral college   group of persons chosen from each state to in directly elect the president and vice president  
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mayflower compact   consent of the governed  
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Petition of rights   law that developed from traditional and court decisions;formed the basis of American law  
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Democracy   government by the people  
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Republic   representatives elected by voters  
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Baron DE Montesquieu   separation of powers  
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Judicial Branch   interprets the laws  
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Executive Branch   Carries out the laws  
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Legislative Branch   Makes the laws  
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Negative effects of urban growth   1.Housing;multifamily buildings called tenements 2.Health;urban crowding helped spread disease  
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Positive effects of urban growth   1.New technology 2.Cultural advances 3.politics  
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Social Classes   1.wealthy lived in mansion(conspicuous consumption) 2.Middle class professionals 3.workers and poor. slums and tenements  
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Urbanization resulted from   Industrialization  
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Industrialization and new building technologies triggered an explosion of urban growth that brought   Social Changes  
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Urban   City  
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Rural   Country  
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Cultural Advances   Museum , theaters,parks.mass-circulation  
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Horatio Algar   "Rags to Riches"  
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Leader Of Knights of labor   Uriah Smith Stephens Terence V.Powderly  
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Leader Of AFL   Samuel Gompers  
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Leader of Railway Workers   Eugene V. Deds  
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Railway Workers   Pullman strike  
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Railway Workers   Railroad strike of 1877  
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AFL   Bread and butter union  
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AFL   Homestead strike of 1892  
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Knights of labor   Haymarket square of 1886  
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The age of invention   Industrialization  
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Munn v. Illinois   states could regulate business affected with a public interest  
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Sherman Antitrust act   outlawed monopolies  
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Henry ford   assembly line and higher wages  
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JP Morgan   finance for railroads and steel  
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JD Rockefeller   oil refining business , used ruthless business method to eliminate competition formed at the first trust  
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Andrew Carnegie   steel industry,sought to control all aspects of steel making using horizontal integration  
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Trust me I am a ...   Monopoly  
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Trusts   Group of corporations under a single board of trustees  
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