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History Flashcards

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Constitution

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the document that sets up/establishes the government of the US

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Preamble

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the first sentence of the Constitution that lays out and establishes the goals and purposes of the government

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Amendments

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additions to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

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the first ten amendments to the Constitution which provide us with some of our most important individual rights

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Separation of Powers

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Power divided equally among the three branches of government

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Legislative

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Makes laws

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Executive

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enforces/carries out the laws, president is head of the executive branch

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Judicial

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interprets the law, court system

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Popular Sovereignty

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the idea that the power of the government must come from the people

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Limited Government

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the idea that the government should not be all-powerful

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Federalism

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power should be divided between the federal and the state governments

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Individual Rights

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these are the basic rights that all citizens have and cannot be taken

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Judicial Review

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courts have the power to declare laws and actions unconstitutional or not

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Republicanism

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the idea that we elect representatives who govern on our behalf

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Federal Government

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national government or the central government or the government of the whole country

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Manifest Destiny

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the belief that it was the God given right to expand from the Atlantic ocean to the pacific

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Missouri Compromise

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an agreement between the north and the south to maintain a balance between the slave holding states and free states

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Fugitive Slave Act

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runaway slaves in the north were required to be returned south

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Popular Sovereignty Policy

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the territories of utah and new mexico which had been recently acquired from mexico were given the right for the people of the territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not

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Abolitionist Movement

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the movement to end slavery, which further divided the north and the south

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Kansas/Nebraska Act

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the people of the Kansas and Nebraska territories were given popular sovereignty (the ability to vote on whether or not to have slavery)

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Bleeding Kansas

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a series of violent events in the kansas territory which was the result of fighting between pro-slavery southerners and anti-slavery northerners who had moved into kansas after the kansas-nebraska act

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Dred Scott Decision

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dred scott was a slave who had been taken into free territory, so he sued for freedom. He lost because the supreme court ruled that african americans were not citizens and that slave owners could do what they wanted with their properties

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Election of 1860

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election of abraham lincoln, which caused many of the slave holding states to secede from the US

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secede/secession

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to break away, the act of breaking away

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The Union

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the north/the united states during the civil war

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Confederacy

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the south/the confederate states of america

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anaconda plan

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union strategy in the civil war to,blockade major southern ports, and divide the south in two at the mississippi river

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border states

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states on the border of the north and south that stayed in the union even though they were slave states

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Total War

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a strategy of warfare in which civilians, towns, farms become a part of the war (used by Union General Sherman in his march to the sea)

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Emancipation Proclamation

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abraham lincoln’s announcement that slavery in the confederate states was illegal. Also- it allowed african americans to join the union army in combat roles

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Appomattox

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the site of the surrender of general Lee’s Confederate army, thought of as the end of the Civil war

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Reconstruction

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The period after the Civil War during which southern states rejoined the union , and African Americans were given more rights

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Radical Republicans

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Wanted to help African Americans and punish former Confederates

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10% plan

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Abraham Lincoln’s plan to reunite the North and South quickly by allowing southern states to rejoin the union if ten percent of the population wanted to rejoin the union

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Congressional Reconstruction/Radical Reconstruction

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Congress’ plan for Reconstruction, which was more extreme than Lincoln’s. They divided the former Confederacy into five military districts.

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Freedmen

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people who were granted freedom either during or after the civil war

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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Government agency established to help freedmen and others who had been hurt by the Civil War. They also established 1000s of schools for freedmen.

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Reconstruction Amendments

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13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution which gave African Americans more rights.

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13th Amendment

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abolished slavery

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14th Amendment

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granted citizenship to African Americans and provided equal protection under the law

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15th Amendment

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African American men given the right to vote

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Black Codes

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African American men given the right to vote

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Carpetbaggers

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northerners who moved south after the war for political opportunity

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Scalawags

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White southerners who supported Reconstruction efforts and African Americans in the south in the south

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Redeemers

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White, southern democrats who
wanted to take back power the south lost in the civil war

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Panic of 1873

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A financial panic and economic depression that distracted the country from keeping the focus on reconstruction

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Compromise of 1877

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After a contested presidential election, democrats and republicans came together to award the presidency to the republicans while also agreeing to the removal of federal troops from the south, signifying the end of reconstruction

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Sharecropping

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System of farming that replaced slavery in the south; a landowner provided land, seeds, tools to a poor farmer so that the poor farmer could work the land. At the end of the growing season they ‘shared’ the profits from the crops. Usually put sharecroppers in debt

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The New South

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Refers to the shift in the south away from agriculture towards industrialization, specifically the textile industry.

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Homestead Act

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Law that provided land for people willing to settle the West

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Exodusters

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African Americans who moved to Kansas after the Civil War

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Law that limited immigration from China

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Indian Reservation System

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Established lands set aside for Native Americans which were often in less desirable areas

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Dawes Act

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Allowed the government to break up tribal land into individual plots; Native Americans who accepted plots of land could become US citizens. The goal was to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream society thereby damaging their traditions and culture.

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assimilation

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When a minority group comes to resemble the majority group within a society

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Indian Wars

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A series of conflicts between Native Americans and the government of the US

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Ghost Dance

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Native American spiritual movement to resist the expansion of the United States

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Wounded Knee

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Massacre of hundreds of Native Americans that signified the end of Native American resistance to US expansion

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The Grange

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Originally a social organization of farmers, it developed into a political organization over time

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Farmers Alliance

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Political organizations created to help the nation’s farmers, led to the formation of the Populist Party

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Crop Lien

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A loan farmers took out and paid back with crops; often put farmers in debt

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Populist Party

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Political Party that supported small farmers

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