Final Exams Flashcards

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Manifest Destiny

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The idea that America had a God given right to move west

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2
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Impressment

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To kidnap and force them to work in your navy

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3
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Textile

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Cotton cloth

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4
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Technology

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Anything that makes work easier and faster

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5
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Mass Production

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A large amount of product that are the exactly the same

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6
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Temperance

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A stop alcohol consumption, selling, buying

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7
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Reaper

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Invention that help farmer harvest wheat faster

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8
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Strike

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When workers refuse to work until their employer gives into their demands

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9
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Abolish

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To stop something, such as slavery

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10
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Loose Construction

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Idea that congress could create a national bank according to the elastic clause

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11
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Strict Construction

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The federal government can do only do what is stated in the Constitution

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12
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Sectionalism

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The difference between the agrarian south and the industry north

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13
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Telegraph

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Used a series of dots and dashes that when translated, spell out the alphabet, it was invented by Samuel Morse an made communication better for Americans

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14
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Power Loom

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A machine that make raw materials into cloth

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15
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Cotton Gin

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Created a high demand for slaves, increased the speed of separating the seeds from the cotton, invented by Eli Whitney

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16
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Nullification

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To cancel, the states have the right no to obey federal laws with which they disagree

17
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State’s Rights

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The idea that each state should get to decide if they want to obey a federal law or not