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apush midterm Flashcards

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columbian exchange

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the transatlantic flow of goods and people that began with columbus’s voyages in 1492

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ecomienda system

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trans-atlantic slave trade

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how did europeans treat native communities in general

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how did native americans respond to european colonization

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how were native american populations impacted by the arrival of europeans

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compare/contrast different european groups and their approach to native americans

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compare women in early british colonies

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anne hutchinson

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mercantilism

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policy of great britain and other imperial powers of regulating the economies of colonies to benefit the mother country

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indentured servitude

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identify and analyze the regions of the 13 colonies

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why did americans desire independence from the british

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loyalists/patriots

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what impact did the navigation acts have on the american colonies

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timeline of events leading to the american revolution

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what was the impact of foreign aid during the revolutionary war

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what did washington encourage and discourage in his farewell address

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declaration of independence

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articles of confederation

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first frame of government for the united states; in effect from 1781 to 1788, it provided for a weak central authority and was soon replaced by the constitution

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constitution

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three fifths compromise

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a provision signed into the constitution in 1787 that three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted in determining each state’s representation in the house of representatives and its electoral votes for president

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federalism

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a system of government in which power is divided between the central government and the states

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compare the federalists and anti-federalists

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explain the impact of the bill of rights

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democratic-republicans

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federalists

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led by george washington, john adams, and alexander hamilton, favored a strong central government

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the enlightenment

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revolution in though in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason and science over the authority of traditional religion

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second great awakening

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religious revival movement of the early decades of the nineteenth century, in reaction to the growth of secularism and rationalist religion; began the predominance of the baptist and methodist churches

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describe the age of reform

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describe spheres of influence

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what happened at the seneca falls convention

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declaration of sentiments

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expansion of suffrage overtime

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temperance movement

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a widespread reform movement, led by militant christians, focused on reducing the use of alcoholic beverages

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trail of tears

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cherokee’s own term for their forced removal, 1838-1839, from the southeast to indian territory (later oklahoma). of 18,000 at the start of the journey, at least 4,500 died

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women suffrage movement: causes & effects

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positive good theory v necessary evil

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understand the impact of federally funded infrastructure on manufacturing and agriculture

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nullification crisis

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the 1832 attempt by the state of south carolina to nullify, or invalidate within its border, the 1832 federal tariff law. president jackson responded with the force act of 1833

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impact of tariffs on northern industry and southern plantations

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tariff of abominations

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tariff passed in 1828 by congress that taxed imported goods at a very high rate; aroused strong opposition in the south

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northern industry

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nationalism

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whigs

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democrats

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republicans

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sectionalism

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manifest destiny

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phrase first used in 1845 to urge annexation of texas; used thereafter to encourage u.s. settlement of european colonial and native lands in the great plains and the west and, more generally, as a justification for american empire

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mexican-american war: causes & effects

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51
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describe the role of slavery in the south

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secession: causes & effects

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northwest ordinance

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1787 law that created the northwest territory (area north of the ohio river and west of pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a bill of rights, and permanently prohibited slavery

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kansas-nebraska act

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1854 law sponsored by illinois senator stephen a. douglas to allow settlers in newly organized territories north of the missouri border to decide the slavery issue for themselves; fury over the resulting repeal of the missouri compromise of 1820 led to violence in kansas and to the formation of the republican party

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free-soilers

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popular sovereignty

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program that allowed settlers in a disputed territory to decide the slavery issue for themselves; most closely associated with senator stephen a. douglas of illinois

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abolitionism

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who was william lloyd garrison?

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nativism

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anti-immigrant and anti-catholic feeling especially prominent from the 1830s through the 1850s; the largest group of its proponents was new york’s order of the star-spangled banner, which expanded into the american (know-nothing) party in 1854

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know-nothing party/american party

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nativist, anti-catholic third party organized in 1854 in reaction to large-scale german and irish immigration; the party’s only presidential candidate was millard fillmore in 1856

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missouri compromise

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deal proposed by kentucky senator henry clay in 1820 to resolve the slave/free imbalance in congress that would result from missouri’s admission as a slave state; maine’s admission as a free state offset missouri, and slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the louisiana territory north of the southern border of missouri

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compromise of 1850

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complex compromise devised by senator henry clay that admitted california as a free state, included a stronger fugitive slave law, and delayed determination of the slave status of the new mexico and utah territories

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identify trends in american reliance on slavery

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pre-civil war opinions on slavery

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slavery resistance (underground railroad, harriet tubman, uncle tom’s cabin, etc.)

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treatment of native americans in the 19th century

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causes of the civil war

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advantages for each side in the civil war

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civil war amendments

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70
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explain how reconstruction succeeded and failed

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