unit two test vocab

Question 1

reform movement originating in the 1820s that sought to eliminate the consumption of alcohol

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temperance

Question 2

belief that women, by virtue of their sex, should stay home as the moral guardians of family life

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cult of domesticity

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favoring the interests and cultures of native - born inhabitants over those of immigrants

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nativist

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-colonization founded in 1817 by anti-slavery reformers
-called for gradual emancipation and the removal of freed black people to africa

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american colonization society

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first national organization of abolitionists founded in 1833

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american anti - slavery society

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first convention for women’s equality in legal rights, held in upstate new york in 1848

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seneca falls convention

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the resolutions passed at the seneca falls convention of 1848 calling for full female equality, including the right to vote

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declaration of sentiments

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first anti - slavery political party formed in 1840

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liberty party

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a key concept in abolitionist and northern antislavery propaganda that depicted southern slaveholders as the driving force in political conspiracy to promote slavery at the expense of white liberties

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slave power

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one of the most important supreme court cases in history, established judicial review

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marbury v madison

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supreme court decision of 1810 that overturned a state law by ruling that it violated a legal contract

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fletcher v peck

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supreme court decision of 1819 that prohibited states from interfering with the privileges granted to a private corporation

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dartmouth college v woodward

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supreme court decision of 1819 that upheld the constitutional authority of congress to charter a national bank, and there by to regulate the nations currency and finances

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mcculloch v maryland

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the program of government subsidies favored by henry clay and his followers to promote american economic growth

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american system

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a national bank characterized by congress in 1816 with extensive regulatory power over currency and credit

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second bank of the united states

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the coercion of american sailors into the british navy

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impressment

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attack in 1807 by the british ship “leopard” on the American ship “chesapeake” in american territorial waters

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chesapeake incident

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act passed in 1807, prohibiting american ships from leaving for any foreign port

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embargo act of 1807

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series of religious revivals in the first half of the nineteenth century

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second great awakening

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-political party formed in the 1820’s
-led by andrew jackson
-favored states rights
-limited federal government

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democratic party

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the awarding of government jobs to party loyalists

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spoils system

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radical anti - slavery crusade committed to the immediate end of slavery that emerged in the three decades before the civil war

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abolitionist movement

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political party that was formed in the mid 1800’s, opposed andrew jackson and the democrats

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whig party

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sectional crisis in the early 1830’s in which a state’s rights party in south carolina attempted to nullify federal law

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nullification crisis

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legislation passed by Congress in 1830 that provided funds for removing and resettling eastern indians in the west and granted the president authority to use force if needed

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indian removal act

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the forced march in 1838 in which thousands of cherokees died throughout

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trail of tears

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short war in 1832, federal troops in illinois militia units defeated the sauk and fox indians, led by black hawk

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black hawks war

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struggle between andrew jackson vs supporters of the second bank

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bank war

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procedural rule passed in the house of representatives, prevented discussion of antislavery petition from 1836 - 1844

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gag rule

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a series of laws passed mainly in the southern colonies to defend the status of slaves and codify the denial of basic civil rights to them

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anti slave code

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the organization and supervision of slave field hands into working teams on southern plantations

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gang system

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slave revolt that failed gabriel prosser a slave preacher and blacksmith organized

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gabriel prossers rebellion

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the most carefully devised slave revolt in which rebels planned to seize control of Charleston in 1822

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denmark veseys conspiracy

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uprisings of slaves led by nat turner that resulted in the murder of 60 white people

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nat turner’s rebellion

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support system set up by antislavery groups in the upper south and the north to assist fugitive slaves in escaping the south

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underground railroad

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law passed that denies rights of citizenship to free black people

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black codes

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dramatic improvement in transportation that stimulated economic growth after 1815 by expanding the range of travel and reducing the time and cost of moving goods

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transportation revolution

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system of manufacturing, merchants furnished households with raw materials

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putting out system

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a technique of production pioneered in the US, relied on precision manufacturing with the use of interchangeable parts

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american system of manufacturing

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supreme court decision of 1824 that involved coastal commerce that overturned a steamboat monopoly granted in a corporate charter

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gibbons v ogden

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associations of urban workers who campaigned for free public education and a 10 hour workday

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workingmens movement

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a social structure based on the common ownership of property

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communism

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a social order based on government ownership of industry and worker control

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socialism

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a philosophical and literary movement centered on an idealistic belief

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transcendentalism