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colonial caracteristics
new England was Massachusetts,new Hampshire, Rhode island, and Connecticut., middle was new York, new jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware., south was Maryland, Virginia, north Carolina, south Carolina, and georgia
representatives
Virginia house of Burgesses,2 hpuses, one elected by the people, the other appointed by royal govener
magna carta
limited government based on the rule of law, government must obey a body of rules
salutary neglect
self, England neglected the colonies, letting the colonies govern themselves
federalism
2 levels of government share power, share between national and state governmen
manifest destiny
19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Monroe doctrine
a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.
declaration of independence
declare independence from great britain and appointed a committee to prepare a statement outlining the reasons for this seperation
taxation without representation
no tax could be imposed except one approved by parliament
acts
acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods.
articles of confederation
It was the nations first set of laws, strenghs,state would maintain its sovereignty while being loosely unifiedmas a nation vs. weaknesses, failed did not give enough power to federal (national) government
battle of yorktown
cornwallis surrendered to washington at yorktown
progressive reformers vs.robber barons
chart differnces
social darwinism
the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.
reconstruction
refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. It was a time of great pain and endless questions.
poll tax
a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
jim crow laws
the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated.
solid south
the politically united southern states of the US, traditionally regarded as giving unanimous electoral support to the Democratic Party.
plessy vs. fergeson
is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”.
nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigration
ouotas
a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular
KKK
a secret organization in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired powers of blacks and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
read scare
the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism.
japanese
declared independence from great btitain to prepare a state ment cuth the reasons
