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Enclosure Act
English movement that created less public land and led to the formation of unemployment
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Benjamin Franklin
Founder of the Sons of Liberty
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Bedford Forrest
Founder of the KKK
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Fort Sumter
First shot of the Civil War was fired where
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Battle of Antietam
bloodiest day of the Civil War
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1860
What year was Lincoln elected as president
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Judicial review
Marbury v. Madison established what concept
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North
2nd great awakening occurred primarily in the\_____
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Manifest Destiny
Belief that America would own all land in the New World
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General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Mexican General who attacked the alamo
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Antinomianism
Belief that church is not needed to go to heaven
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Enlightenment
18th century movement influenced by writers of the Declaration of Independence
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Quartering Act
colonists had to let soldiers stay in their house
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Stratification between the rich and poor
Bacon's Rebellion caused
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Republican motherhood
Women should sacrifice for US
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cult of domesticity
Women should work from home
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anaconda plan
Grant's plan to win the war
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tenure of office act
The act that made presidents unable to fire anyone without congress
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encomienda
spanish method of dividing indigenous peoples for labor
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jamestown
first successful british settlement
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tobacco
crop introduced to virginia that made a huge profit
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buffer colony
Georgia was established as a
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many colonies
mercantilism encourages empires to have
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sons of liberty
organization acted as a colonial mafia
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ohio river valley
french and indian war is really about
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pontiac
indian chief fought against the english military governor after the french and indian war
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prevent colonists from traveling to the ohio river valley
the proclamation line of 1763 was designed to:
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stamp act tax
british legislation placed a tax on printed items
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declaratory act
the legislation said england had the right to tax colonists without consent
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tariff of 1828 by john c. calhoun
south carolina exposition and protest about
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tobacco
Jamestown's main cash crop
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George Washington
First President of America
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mission
The alamo was originally a Spanish \_____
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France
Louisiana was purchased from what country
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rice
Charleston got wealthy because they grew what
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cotton gin
invention by Eli Whitney
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wild west
lasted 20 years and affected 3% of the population
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cowboys
Black, Native American, and Mexicans were western cattle drivers called \____
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popular sovereignty
Given to Kansas and Nebraska in the KS/NE act
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federalist
someone who wanted federal government to have more power than state government
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reconsturction
An effort to remake the south in the image of the north, southern states had to rewrite their constitutions
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36 30 line
MO compromise created the \___
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gold, to convert natives, find NW passage
Jamestown was established for
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abolitionist
a person who wanted to end slavery
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southern states
Lincoln didnt win electoral votes in \____
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john brown
moved into Kansas and cut peoples heads off and attacked the federal arsenal
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spoils system
a political figure giving jobs to friends, family and supporters is an example of the \___
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predestination
god chooses who goes to heaven
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dread scott case
said slavery follows the flag
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jefferson davis
president of the confederacy
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judiciary review
Courts can declare laws unconstitutional
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nullification
States can ignore federal law
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not interfere with the western hemisphere
Monroe wanted European powers to\_____
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monroe doctrine
Policy Monroe proposed saying the US will not be involved in European affairs
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white house
burned down by the british in the war of 1812
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maine
MO Comp caused this state to become a free state
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louisiana purchase
largest land acquisition by the US
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Utah
transcontinental railroad connected in what state
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leland stanford
last golden spike was driven into the transcontinental railroad by\____
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charles sumner
Radical republican who was beaten in congress
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lincoln
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
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john wilkes booth
Former actor, assassinated president Lincoln
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john brown
Captured the federal arsenal at harpers ferry
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lewis and clark
sent by Jefferson to search for NW passage
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james buchanan
President who approved the Lecompton constitution
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sacagawea
helped lewis and clark reach the pacific
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john adams
passed the alien sedition act
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the impressment of US sailors
The US fought the war of 1812 due to \____
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jane addams
founded the hull house
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george washington
established a two-term tradition for presidents
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john noyes
founded the Oneida colony
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william sherman
Burned a huge portion of the South during the Civil War
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freedmen's bureau
Gave aid to freed slaves in the south after civil war
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Salem
one colonial example of isolation creating tension between religion and economy
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spanish
Mexico allowed the settlement of Texas by Americans if they learned to speak
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rio grande river
The Mexican American War was a dispute over teh Nuches River and the \_____
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N.O. Nelson
started a utopian society in Edwardsville
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balance of power in the senate
The American souths political efforts were largely focused on what
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the ohio river valley
why was the St Lawrence river important to the French
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taxes
What happened to British after the French and Indian War
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taxation without representation
what was the original reason for the Revolutionary War
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declaretory act
In what legislation did England declare they could tax without permission
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phyllis wheatley
Who was Americas first poet
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George Washington
who started the French and Indian War
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adult white land owners
What was the only group with rights in the 1700's
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dartmouth v. woodward
1816- A Supreme Court case, under John Marshall. The state of New Hampshire tried to turn private university Dartmouth into a public school. The Supreme Court decided that Dartmouth's charter was a contract between private parties, and could not be interfered with by the government.
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gibbons v. ogden
Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government
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united states v. E.C. knight
This was a case where the government sued E.C Knight Co. due a violation in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act since E.C. controlled 98% of the sugar refinement industry. The court ruled in favor of E.C. Knight, stating that manufacturing was not subject to the act. This made regulation more difficult.
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no power to tax
Biggest problem with the Articles of Confederation
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south carolina exposition and protest
First Document to Outline Nullification
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nativism
Immigrants should not come to the US
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military reconstruction act of 1867
The growth of the KKK can be linked to the failure of what policy or legislation
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the tenure of office
Which law did Andrew Johnson break that led to his impeachment
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andrew jackson
Who invaded Florida without orders
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james k. polk
Who was president during the Mexican American War
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steven douglas
Who proposed the Kansas/Nebraska Act
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california
Became a free state after the compromise of 1850
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american system
Henry Clay + Funding and Assumption led to what
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public schools
what did Horace Mann advocate for
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charles finney
Who started the second great awakening
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