| A | B |
|---|
| utopia(s) | perfect societies |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| slave codes | laws that tightened owners' control over slaves |
| sedition | actions or speech that might be viewed as encouraging people to rebel against their government |
| sectionalism | devotion to interests of one's own section of the country over those of the nation as a whole |
| ratify | to approve |
| popular sovereignty | when voters in a territory given the right to vote whether to allow slavery or not |
| nativism | the belief that immigrants threaten traditinal american culture and institutions |
| mass production | using machines to make large quantities of goods faster and cheaper than by hand |
| impressed | when someone is forced to serve in another nation's navy |
| habeas corpus | right that protects people from being held in prison unlawfully |
| embargo | to halt trade with one or more other nations |
| confederation | an alliance of independent states |
| caucus | a private meeting of political party leaders |
| annex | to take control of a territory and add it to a country |
| abolition | putting an end to slavery |
| "Lone Star Republic" | original name for Texas prior to annexation |
| "Bear Flag Republic" | original name for California prior to annexation |
| What was the point of striking against an employer? | to earn better wages and benefits |
| Complete this nickname: "Bleeding _____" | Kansas |
| Who was the 1st state to sucede from the Union? | South Carolina |
| What place was attacked in the harbor of Charleston right before the Civil War began | Fort Sumter (Be able to recognize correct spelling) |
| Where was the capital of the conferacy located? | Richmond, Virginia |
| Strict and loose construction | how one views the powers of the government in the Constitution |
| Marbury v. Madison | Madison refusing to deliver a judge's commission to Marbury from John Adams |
| what was the original name of "the Star-Spangled Banner" | "The Defense of Fort McHenry" |
| What was the function of the cotton gin? | to pick out the seeds from raw cotton |
| What was Cooper's Tom Thumb? | steam-powered train |
