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Cotton Gin
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A machine that quickly and easily separates the cotton fibers from the seedpods and the sometimes sticky seeds, a job previously done by hand.
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Gabriel Prosser
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Skilled and literate enslaved blacksmith who planned and led a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800.
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Indian Intercourse Act 1790
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Several acts passed by the United States Congress regulating commerce between American Indians and non-Indians and restricting travel by non-Indians onto Indian land.
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War Hawks
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A member of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth Congress of the United States who advocated waging war against Great Britain in the War of 1812.
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Hartford Convention
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Event in 1814-1815 in the United States during the War of 1812 in which New England's opposition to the war reached the point where secession from the United States was discussed.
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Missouri Compromise
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An agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30' north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
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Writ of Mandamus
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One of the prerogative writs in the common law, and is issued by a superior court (appellate court) to compel a lower court or a government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.
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Judicial review
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The right of federal courts to declare legislative acts unconstitutional.
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Marbury v Madison
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A landmark case in United States law. It formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Fundamental case established the following two principles:
1. The Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government. 2. State action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government. |
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Monroe Doctrine
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A U.S. doctrine which, on December 2, 1823, stated that European powers were no longer to colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent states of the Americas.
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