Staar Flashcards
(118 cards)
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A leading abolitionist who was a former slave in Maryland
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Frederick Douglas
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A gov. Where the power is held by the people and exercised through elected representatives
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Republic sovereignty
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A person of foreign birth who become a us citizen is called
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Naturalized citizen
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System where supply and demand effect production and pricing is called ______?
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Free enterprise
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Tax on imported good
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Tariff
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War with our southern neighbor over a border dispute and expansion
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Mexican war
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After the French and Indian war, what 2 things enraged the colonists
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- tax to repay debt
* proclamation of 1763
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Alexander Hamilton was the leader if which political party
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Federalist
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Another word for natural rights is
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Unalienable rights
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Battle that ended the American rev./ Cornwallis surrendered
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Battle of Yorktown
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Colonial leader who believed in equality under god and founded a town for Quakers
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William Penn
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Dividing the power amazing the three branches is called
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Desperation of power
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Document to declare the reasons for the colonies to break from England
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Deceleration if independence
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Evidence produced by someone who participated in the event or lived during the time period is called a ____ source
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Secondary
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First American gov. (Document) after independence
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Articles of confederation
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Black slave who volunteered to fight against the British during the American revolution. He was a spy for the Americans
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James armstead
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Jewish immigrant who played an important role in financing the American revolution
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Haym solam
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A patriotic leader who was an original son of liberty
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Samuel Adams
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A senator from Tennessee who was known as the great compromiser
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Henry clay
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Spanish governor of Louisiana who helped fight the British during the American Revolution
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Bernard galves
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An expert in British law
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William Blackstone
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He was an inventor, writer, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and ambassador France
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Ben Franklin
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He was elected president of the Confederate states of America
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Jefferson Davis
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He was known as the father of our country and the leader of the Continental Army
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George Washington
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He was the first African-American senator from Mississippi
Hiram Rhodes
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Was the first Supreme Court Justice
John jay
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He was the Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the American Revolution
Marquis deleyette
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He was the leader of the British during the American Revolution
King George the third
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He worked for the favor for the south
John Calhoun
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How did the war of 1812 bring economic changes in the US
Industrial revolution which helped them make their own goods
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How is the constitution changed
Amendments
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In what year did the Civil War start? What year did it end?
It started in 1861 and ended in 1865
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In what year was Louisiana purchase made
1803
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Individuals who played a significant role in the fighting for independence from Britain and the creation for a new Government are called
Founding fathers
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Name two arguments by the anti-Federalist not to ratify the constitution
* Lacked a Bill of Rights
| * they were afraid of a strong central government
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Name two weaknesses of articles of Confederation
* Weak central government
| * no rights or tax
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Name 3 Leaders of the early women's rights movement
• Elizabeth Caddy Stanton • Susan B Monroe • Lucretia Mott
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Name three major causes of the war of 1812
* Impressment of US soldiers
* violations of US rights
* British support of Native Americans
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Name three regions of the 13 colonies
Middle, Southern, New England
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Putting the needs of the community before your own interest is called
Civic virtue
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Religious freedom, fleeing persecution, profit, land, etc. are reasons for what
Coming to America
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Sharing of power between local and national government is called
Federalism
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She was a playwright, a friend of Abigail Adams, and an anti-Federalist because the Constitution lacked a Bill of Rights
Mercy Otis Warren
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She worked for prison reform and help for the mentally ill
Doretha Dix
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The agreement to have two houses with representation in one based on the population and equal representation in the other is called___, And later became known as the____
1) connect plain
| 2) great compromise
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The amendment abolished slavery
13th
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The amendment that defined citizenship
14th
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The amendment that game Blackmun the right to vote
15th
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The amendment they gave women the right to vote
19th
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The announcement that slaves and rebel territories were to be set free was called what
Emancipation Proclamation
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The central theme for that conflict between the first two political parties with how much__ the federal government should have
Power
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The cornerstone of justice and law is a document that first limited the power of the king. It was written in 1215
Magna Carta
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The document signed by the pilgrims that was an early first step toward self-government was called
Mayflower compact
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The economic system were colonies are set up to make it the mother country Rich Is called what
Mercantilism
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The first battle of the American Revolution "shot heard around the world"
Lexington and Concorde
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The first representative government for the English colonies was called what
House of burgesses
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The first written constitution in the colonies was what
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
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The forced removal of Cherokee and other Native Americans from their southeastern lands of the lands west of the Mississippi River was called what
Trail of tears also known as the Indian removal act
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The hero of the fledgling American Navy during the revolution. He said I have not yet begun to fight
John Paul Jones
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The idea of the Constitution and laws can define the limits of those in power is called
Limited government or rule of law
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The idea that the people should vote to decide key issues
Popular sovereignty
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The idea of the Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional
Judicial review
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The idea that the US should extend the Atlantic to the Pacific was called what
Manifest destiny
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The movement to abolish slavery in the US was called
The abolitionists
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The movement to have little or no drinking in the US
Temperance
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. Find the Civil War where the defeated southern states were rebuilt was called
Reconstruction
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The president at the time the release of the Monro doctrine
James Monro
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The rapid changed machine made goods is
Industrial Revolution
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The Supreme Court case but decided the slaves word not citizens and allow the Allstate could vote whether or not to have slavery was called
Dred Scott vs Sanford
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The system where planter owns large tracks of land and use cheap labor of growth and harvest cash crops is called what
Plantation systems
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The turning point of the Revolutionary war
Battle of Saratoga
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These laws establish the principles for orderly expansion to the west/ how a territory could become a state
Northwest ordinance
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Act granted land to each state to set aside for agriculture and mechanical colleges
Merrill act
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This act granted land to individual Native Americans
Don's act
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This is the agreement which the United States acquired California and the new México territory from Mexico
Mexican session
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This is the tree that was signed in the war
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
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This was the court case that said only the federal government has authority of the Native Americans not the state government
Worcestor vs Georgia
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Thomas Jefferson was the order of which political party
Democratic Republican
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To have two houses in the legislative branch is called
Bicameral
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Three changes in the life of US citations came about as a result of industrialization
People move to cities, more machine products, lower prices of goods
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What are four characteristics of this economic system
Profit, compotion, private ownership, economic freedom
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What are the essays called the written to achieve ratification
Federalist papers
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What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called
Bill of Rights
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What do these people have in common? Grimke sisters, Sojourner truth, Harriet Beecher, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass
Abolitionist
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What happened to Abraham Lincoln shortly after the war
Murdered
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What invention help spur the growth of slavery in the south
Cottongin
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What is the primary purpose of the First Amendment
To protect people's rights
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What phrase expressed how the colonists felt about the tax
Taxation without representation
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What process created steel and allowed for the Industrial Revolution to surge forward
That's more process because everyone could probably use steel for anything
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What region the United States most opposed tariff prior to the Civil War
South
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What Supreme Court case affirmed that they constitutionalist the supreme law of the land
McCullough VS Maryland
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What Supreme Court case established the idea of judicial review
Marberry VS Madison
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What Supreme Court case gave the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce
Gibbons VS ogalon
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What system was set by the Constitution to ensure that no one Branch become too powerful
Checks and balances
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What was the foreign-policy statement that said Europe could no longer colonizer meddle in the affairs of the Western hemispheres
Monro doctrine
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What was the tree that ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris
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What were the first and second great awakening
Religious movements
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When was the Declaration of Independence signed
1776
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When was the first English colony in America established
1607
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Where did Lee's final surrender takes place
Appomattox Courthouse
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Where was the convention to revise articles of Confederation took place
Philadelphia convention
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Where was the first shot fired during the Civil War
Fort Sumner
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Which two battles signaled the beginning of the end for the Confederacy
1) Vicksburg 2) Gettysburg
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Who commented an act of civil disobedience by refusing to pay tax to protest the Mexican war
Henry David thorough
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Who invented the steamboat what was the first one called
Robert Fulton and Clarmont
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Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
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Who published the newspaper called the Liberator
William Garrison
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Who is known as the father of the Constitution
James Madison
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Who's the general who ultimately led the union to victory in the Civil War
Ulysses S Grant
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Who is the leader of the South's army of Northern Virginia
Robert E Lee
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Who is the president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
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Who is the primary advocate for the education reform
Forest man
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
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Why did South Carolina went to cancel Tariffs
Nullification crisis
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Why did the citizens oppose tariffs
It made prices of goods higher
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Why is freedom of speech and press important in a democratic society
So everyone has a voice
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Are the Cherokee and other Native Americans moved
White Americans wanted their land in the west
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What were the economic differences between regions in the US
Geography and climate
