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| This is an agreement between a government and it's citizens | Social Contract |
| This is when Great Britain tried to have a "hands off" policy with the colonies | salutary neglect |
| This struggle was between England and their colonists and the French and the Indian Allies | French and Indian War |
| This was a series of battles between Native Americans and the British because the British moved west of the Appalachian mountains | Pontiac's Rebellion |
| This was an act that was passed that stated the colonists could not move into areas west of the Appalachian mountains | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Main reason the British taxed the colonists | War debts from the French and Indian War |
| stated that colonists must provide food and shelter for British soldiers | Quartering Act |
| When this act was passed the colonists response was "taxation without representation" | Stamp Act |
| Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine | Common Sense |
| Date of the Declaration of Independance | July 4, 1776 |
| Author of the Declaration of Independance | Thomas Jefferson |
| This was the largest part of the Declaration of independance | the middle section that stated the grievences the colonists had against the King |
| The right of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" was taken from this philosopher | John Locke |
| This group of people selects the President of the United States | Electorial College |
| This process ensures that one branch of government will not be more powerful than another | Checks and Balances |
| The Anti- Federalists believed that the Constitution did not list the rights of men and they refused to sign it until this was added | Bill of Rights |
| This determined how representation would be determined in the United States Congress | Great Compromise |
| Jeffersonian Republicans beliefs | weak central government, common man should hold power, agricultural was the strength of economy |
| Federalists beliefs | strong central government, wealthy should govern, business-the strenghth ofthe economy |
| This was the first time that a President sent federal troops to stop a disturbance | Whiskey Rebellion |
| Tax on foreign goods | tariff |
| This was the first time that political power was transfered peacefully from one party to another | election of 1800 |
| The US purchased this territory from the French which doubled the size of the United States | Louisana Purchase |
| This allows federal courts to declare a law unconstitutional | judicial review |
| This was President Jefferson's reaction to continued harassment of American ships | The Embargo of 1807 |
| Congress declared war on Britain because they continued to harass American ships | War of 1812 |
| This doctrine warned European nations to stay out of the affairs of nations in the Western Hemisphere | Monroe Doctrine |
| This allowed states to determine where slavery would be allowed in the future | Missouri Compromise |
| Under Andrew Jacksons presidency he relocated many native americans, the relocation of Cherokee from Georia to Oklahoma is known as... | The Trail of Tears |
| Northern economies in the early 1800's | Large population, industrial, urban |
| Southern economies in the early 1800's | Rural, agricultural based |
| This is when a state can declare a federal law unconstitutional | Nullification |
| This person improved conditions in prisons and mental institutions | Dorothea Dix |
| The system that helped slaves to freedom | Underground Railroad |
| Idea In which the United States would expand from ocean to ocean | Manifest Destiny |
| Battle that allowed US to gain control of territory in the southwest | Mexican War |
| This allowed states to decided for themselves whether they would be a slave or a free state, also allowed California to be a free state | Compromise of 1850 |
| The court case that protected the rights of slave owners...not slaves | Dred Scott decision |
| Book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe on the brutality of slavery | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| This stated that any slave that excaped and was caught must be returned to thier owners | Fugitive Slave Act |
| reason states left the union during the civil war | Abraham Lincoln was elected president |
| Confederate advantages | fighting on own land, qualified generals |
| northern advantages | strong economy, larger populaton, more industrial |
| leader of the union army | Ulysses S. Grant |
| This battle allowed the north to cut off supplies to the confederacy at the Mississippi River | Battle of Vicksburg |
| Military strategy where soldiers surround the enemy and slowly close in on them | Anaconda Plan |
| Military strategy where soldiers destroy everything in their path | total war |
| survival of the fittest in economics | social darwinism |
| organization that attempts to put a certain political party in power | political machine |
| major cause of corruption during the Guilded Age | spoils system |
| point of entry for most European Immigrants | Ellis Island |
| point of entry for most Asain Immigrants | Angel Island |
| United States invests in the economies of other countries to make them stable | dollar diplomacy |
| when one country controls weaker countries | imperialism |
| The structure that was built to help with trade between Atlantic ports and Pacific ports | Panama Canal |
| journalists that tried to uncover corruption by politicians and big business | muckrakers |
| social and political reform ideas during the late 1800's and early 1900's | progressivism |
| Teddy Roosevelt's political party | Bull Moose Party |
| first attempt at a National Government in the United States... later replaced by the Constitution | Articles of Confederation |
| only three- fifths of the slave population would be counted for representation in the legislature | Three-fifths compromise |
| Great Compromise | senate would get equal representation in legislature, House representation would be based on population |
| Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War | Antietam |
| First Battle of the Civil War | Bull Run |
| Total War was used from Atlanta to Savana Georgia | Shermans March to the Sea |
| Turning point of the war | Gettysburg |
| speech given by Lincoln that dedicated this battle field as a national cemetary | Gettysburg Address |
| Grant accepts Lee's Surrender at this location | Appomattox Court House |
| Amendment that ended slavery | 13th Amendment |
| Amendment that gave all citizens equal protection under the law | 14th Amendment |
| Amendment that guaranteed voting rights for all...regardless of race | 15th Amendment |
| After the civil war the south was divided into territories and governed by the union under this Act | Military Reconstruction Act |
| people who moved from the North to the South to take advantage of situations after the war | carpetbaggers |
| organization that helped African Americans find jobs and shelter after the war | Freedman's Bureau |
| President that was impeached then acquited after the Civil War becasue of his views on Reconstruction | Andrew Johnson |
| The elimination of this resource was the most responsible for the destruction of Native American life and culture | buffalo |
| this group believed that immigrants were causing to many problems | nativists |
| This started the Civil WAr | attack on Fort Sumter |
| The Confederate capital during the civil war | Richmond, Virginia |
| Shermans March March to the Sea started in this city | Atlanta |
| President of the Confederacy during the Civil War | Jefferson Davis |
| African American abolitionist leader that helped Lincoln with the cause of abolition during the Civil War | Fredrick Douglas |
| Illinois senator that debated Abraham Lincoln on the issue of slavery | Stephen Douglas |
| survival of the fittest in economics | Socail Darwinism |
| gave land to settlers moving west as long as they farmed for 5 years | Homestead Act |
| designed to keep a particular party in power | political machine |
| European immigrants went through this port | Ellis Island |
| Asian Immigrants came through this port of entre | Angel Island |
| group of people that believed immigrants were a cause of urban problems | Nativists |
| where most immigrants settled | near big cities |
| journalists who tried to uncover wrongdoings in government and business | muckrackers |
| Teddy Roosevelts political party | Bull Moose Party |
| means of production is owned by the community instead of individuals | Socialism |
| this gave women the right to vote | 19th Amendment |
| when larger countries take over smaller countries to expand their nations empire and wealth | imperialism |
| the central powers during world war I | Germany, Italy and Austria Hungry |
| Allied powers during World War I | France, Great Britain, Russia and the United States |
| letter written to Mexico from Germany asking Mexico to fight against the US with Germany | Zimmerman Note |
| this ended WWI and left Germany in debt and demilitarized them | Treaty of Versailles |
| causes of WWI | imperialism, militarism, alliances, nationalism |
| reasons US entered WWI | germany unrestricted submarine warfare, zimmerman note |
| things that US did on the homefront during WWI | liberty bond, victory gardens, conservation |
