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50 Cards in this Set
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Jamestown |
1607; first permanent English settlement |
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Declaration of Independence |
July 4, 1776; written by Thomas Jefferson |
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Constitution |
1787; plan of government for the United States |
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1803 |
year Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France |
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1861-1865 |
Civil War |
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April 1775 |
first shots of the American Revolution at Lexington |
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Battle of Saratoga |
turning point of the American Revolution |
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Yorktown, Virginia |
George Washington defeats the British ending the American Revolution |
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Fort Sumter, South Carolina |
first shots of the American Civil War |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
turning point of the Civil War for the North; last time the South would invade the North |
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Vicksburg, Mississippi |
split the confederacy in 2 pieces and gave control of the Mississippi River to the North |
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Appomattox Courthouse |
Robert E Lee surrenders to Ulysses S Grant |
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Mercantilism |
economic theory; American colonies exist for the Mother Country England |
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abolitionist |
people opposed to slavery |
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tariff |
tax on goods brought into the country |
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protective tariff |
tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industries |
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sectionalism |
strong sense of loyalty to a section instead of the whole country |
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Manifest Destiny |
belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans |
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Temperance Movement |
campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol |
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Representative Government |
voters elect representatives to make laws for them |
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Republic |
voters choose representatives to govern them |
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House of Burgesses |
first representative assembly in the colonies |
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3 Branches of Government |
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive |
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checks and balances |
each branch of the federal government has the power to control the actions of the other branches |
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Free Enterprise |
freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation |
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Federalism |
sharing of power between the states and the national government |
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Separation of Powers |
system in which each branch of government has it's own powers |
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Popular Sovereignty |
practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery |
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Amend |
change |
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Unalienable Rights |
rights that cannot be taken away; Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
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tyranny |
cruel or unjust government |
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democracy |
form of government that is run by the people |
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ratify |
approve by vote |
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judicial review |
right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passed by Congress to determine if they are constitutional |
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Civil Disobedience |
refusal to obey a government law as a means of passive resistance because of one's moral belief |
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Federalists |
supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government |
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Antifederalists |
opposed to the constitution; wanted more power given to the state government |
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Nullification |
idea that a state can declare a federal law illegal |
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Primary Source |
original records of an event; speeches, letters, photographs, artifacts |
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Secondary Sources |
later writings and interpretations of events; textbooks, summaries |
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Industrial Revolution |
era in which change was made from homemade to factory made products |
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Magna Carta |
1215; first English document to limit the power of the King |
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English Bill of Rights |
protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights |
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Declaration of Independence |
declared the colonies independent form England |
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Articles of Confederation |
first American constitution; weak federal government |
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Constitution of the United States |
sets our the laws and principles of the government of the United States
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George Washington's Farewell Address |
advised the US to stay neutral in its relations with other nations and to avoid political parties |
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Monroe Doctrine |
foreign policy statement by President James Monroe; 1. US would not interfere in European affairs 2. the western hemisphere was closed to colonization by European Nations |
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Treaty of Paris 1763 |
ended the French and Indian War |
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
first written constitution in North America |